"All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart." - Proverbs 21:2. It's so easy for us - maybe natural? - to believe that what we are doing is always the right thing. In fact, I would imagine that if we studied our behavior patterns, we would discover that rarely would our actions not reflect what we actually believe. If we believe that everything we do is going to be the right thing, then by golly, it's going to be the right thing. We can't be wrong, can we?The guiding principle for those who follow Christ cannot be that if we believe our actions are right, then the argument is over. We must find a way to filter our plans through the Lord's Will.
Verse 2 wasn't the only verse that caught my imagination. Verse 19: "It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife." I mentioned this a few days ago - we need to remember the time in which this was written. In today's world, there isn't any question that men should have an equal billing on bad behavior. Contentious women aren't any different than an abusive man - in fact, a man's abusive behavior is much worse and there is no exceptions on that.
Sometimes it can be a challenge to read scripture and balance it with today's world. It seems like a disparity exists. I'm certain that if Solomon were to write his wisdom passages today, they would include the bad behaviors of anyone, regardless of male or female.
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