The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life:
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:11
As I was looking through my photos and chapter ten of Proverbs, these two seemed to link up. If we have God's wisdom in our hearts, we need to be willing to let that wisdom flow out and refresh those around us. However, if we lack God's wisdom we had better keep our mouths shut so we don't pollute others.
My thoughts took a different turn as I studied this picture and thought about the second part of this verse: "violence covereth the mouth of the wicked." What would happen if this drainpipe was covered? All of the water would back up and begin flowing from the gutters of the roof! I think God's trying to tell us in this verse that we're going to have problems if we don't have wisdom, and we won't have a word to say in excuse or defense of those dreadful consequences upon us. So, we'd best do as Proverbs 23:23 says, "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."
In the photo: A summer rainshower in Florida.
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