Proverbs 16:9 It is better to be poor and godly than rich and dishonest. I was reading to our boys last night (I know, we’re lame… we read Bible stories and Psalms and Proverbs and such before bed instead of fairy tales… but they don’t know or care right now) and read this Proverb. I immediately thought of my husband. He helped some very rich people get through the various theme parks here, and while the husband was really cool, the wife was awful! John refuses to be unethical and dishonest in order to move through the lines faster, but even knowing this, the entire time she kept urging him to lie or use a lane for the disabled so that she could avoid waiting. John kept saying no. I was SO proud of him. We may be poor, and we may not have a ton of stuff or our own place to live right now… but John was godly in this situation (and oh-so-many others). I choose to believe that it will pay off in the end. That aside, here are a couple of other parts of Proverbs 16 that I liked: vs. 3 Commit your work to the LORD, and then your plans will succeed. (Hope Inspirational Schools) vs. 7 When the ways of people please the LORD, he makes even their enemies live at peace with them. (Our nation) vs. 23 From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise are persuasive. (I would like to be wise) vs. 32 It is better to be patient than powerful; it is better to have self-control than to conquer a city. (Teaching) And on a completely unrelated path… I usually read the Bible on my laptop in the morning (cut-and-paste is a lot easier than retyping), but last night I read out my physical, paper, Bible and I remembered how nice it is to have it in my hands and to feel the pages and be able to write in the margins. There’s something soothing about an actual book, and even more so about an actual Bible (mine, particularly, but I’m biased). I wonder why that is, that the Bible in my hand (a printed version) can feel so different than the one I read online. Weird. Very weird.