PASTOR'S CORNER

  Over the course of many weeks, we will be taking sometime in the Book of Proverbs.   Why? Proverbs is a teaching manual; it might be called “Truth for youth” since it speaks as if a father is addressing his son.  This indicates the closeness of the relationship between a teacher and his pupil.  Proverbs are pieces of wisdom and it instructs truth for life; you could say, “it’s a training manual.”  The word “proverb” typically refers to a short, clever saying that offers wisdom in some way.  For example, “The only way out is through.” It’s about acknowledging that tough times are part of life and that trying to avoid or circumvent them usually only leads to more problems.  The book of Proverbs is full of wisdom that is so valuable it exposes and emphasis on folly.  It exposes… the ways of folly, the consequences of folly and the way to avoid foolish thinking and behaviours.  Proverbs, major theme is the acquiring the ways of wis...

  John 20:1-2 Where do you find comfort when life, or things are not going the way you hoped or planned.  There are many answers to that question, and I wanted to see first how the world looks for ways of comfort.  This is what I found the world is saying to each other. Reread a favourite book Eat a guilt free treat Do something easy and meditative Call a close friend Listen to lullabies Sleep with a stuffed animal Limit the amount of time of media you consume. Escape into nature when at all possible Allow yourself to be vulnerable   Then you have individuals like this that don’t care about finding comfort, as this one writer wrote, “I find comfort in the idea that life is meaningless and there is nothing after death. If there is no god, than there is no god. If there is a god or gods, I like to think that they have no concern for us whatsoever, that we are just a product of the infinite university that they've created. That there is noth...