Proverbs 29:13 (MSG) The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
These two have little in common, at first glance, except their business dealings; but, with all life experiences, there is more here than meets the eye.
Experiences shape us, not by what happens, but by what we do about what happens. Enlightenment is offered to both the oppressor and the oppressed. Both can experience the hope for something more than this life offers: the poor for wealth that comes without anxiety and the oppressor for wealth not built on abusive behavior, but on right living.
It always come down to what we do with the light the LORD has given. Do we turn away, seek the shade; or do we reach out, no matter the pain, and ask our Creator to teach us something more?
Are you learning or leaving?
Copyright © 2007 by P. Griffith Lindell
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