PLANS

This is a week that we typically look at our lives introspectively. How do we plan our time? Can we really even? Gods word will light the way. Let’s resolve this year to allow it. Proverbs 16.

PLANS

The plans of the heart belong to man,

But the answer of the tongue

Is from me who has known you

Since you were young

All the ways of a man

And what he does at hand

Are pure in his own eyes,

But the Lord weighs the spirit.

What I say and how you hear it

So commit your work to the Lord

My son, and make a plan

That will be valid and firm

Well designed to stand your term

For the Lord has made everything

With purpose and design

Despite the fuss

you can trust to stay in line

Even the wicked do I know

Who do things just for show

But I see you in the good way

and also in the day of trouble.

I know the rubble

who is arrogant in heart

To start; that’s an abomination to me

But what a self centered man cannot see

Is that he may never be any different

Because for now he is yet ignorant

So just be assured that

The absurd fool will not go unpunished

He may unexpectedly be diminished

But by steadfast love and faithfulness

Iniquity is atoned for

And it becomes the door

To learn the fear of the Lord

For when a man can turn away from evil

From wrong living that can be lethal

Thats when a man’s ways please the Lord

He walks in favor

toward even his enemies

And can be at peace with him readily

Better is little

with righteousness and peace

Than great revenues with injustice…

So with the heart a man plans his way

And what he does and says every day

But the Lord establishes his course

And He doesn’t do it by force

So ever seek the Lord

And He always shall be found

Plan your steps well

And live a life profound

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An alliteration of Proverbs 16

©️Donald Schuler

9/23/22