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Reflections Maxie Dunnam The Pinecone | January 2022 • 9 • January Vesper Services | 6:30pm | Performing Arts Center January 13 Rev Mike Lyle Associate Pastor Germantown Presbyterian January 20 Leon Sanderson Retired Pastor Germantown Church of Christ January 27 Dr John Enoch Senior Pastor Covenant Baptist Church January 6 To Be Announced THE NEXT TEN YEARS The Book of Proverbs is a collection of wisdom and practical advice on how to get along in the world. It is packed with in- spiration and guidance. But not all the proverbs are of equal value. For instance, how would you compare these two: Proverbs 19: 13 "A quarrelsome wife is like a constant continued dripping of rain." Proverbs 1:7: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” I share that simply to interest you and invite you to begin and continue this new year living with Scripture. The Bible is more than a book, It is an invitation and an encounter with the Living God. It provides wisdom and practical direction for our daily living. What more powerful of such direction than Proverbs 3:5-6? Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways ac- knowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. When Dr. John E. Godbey, a beloved preacher and teach- er, came to his eighty-third birthday, someone asked him, "Doctor, if you had the privilege of making such a choice, which ten years of your long life would you prefer to live over again?" Without a moment’s hesitation the answer came back, "The next ten." Well, isn't it true for all of us here at Kirby? None of us have more years left than we have already lived. However many years we have, they will be good ones leading us to the right end if we will live by this Proverb. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6) I challenge you, before noon of each day of the first week of this new year, read this proverb slowly, maybe two or three times; make it a prayer. By the end of the week, you will have probably memorized it. Move into this new year fol- lowing this wise guidance. By