A Chapter A Day...

This week's challenge is to read Proverbs. I had a high school Sunday School teacher who taught verse by verse through Proverbs... for 2 years. Once we finally reached the end and began to hope for something new, he said, "This has been great. Why don't we start over." Ugh.

You'd think I'd know Proverbs well, but I really wasn't paying attention in high school. Yet, Proverbs isn't hard to figure out. Straight forward. Common sense. Solomon's version of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

The thing about Proverbs is I really struggle to read it chapters at a time. One wise saying starts to run into another with me. Let me suggest an easier way. There are 31 chapters in Proverbs, so why not commit to reading one chapter each day for a month. It's easy to remember what chapter to read each day (What's the date?), and as my teacher told us, "a chapter a day keeps the devil away." You'll be surprised how often those truths come into play that day.

Since Proverbs is more like a random collection, you can start using today's date. It still makes sense. For me, I'd rather work on living the Word day to day than try to see how fast I can read it.

A favorite Proverb of mine is Prov. 25:24, "Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife." I'm lucky because I married way over my head. It just makes me laugh to think of Solomon (with 700 wives) writing this. He knew!

What's a favorite Proverb of yours?