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Entry By Donna Carrico 06/12/23 (Level 3 – Advanced)
Topic: Proverbs 29:18 (06/08/23)

“Our Questions Need Answers”

(18) Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Alas, we are doomed. We have no prophet we can trust. They have all fallen and we cannot believe what is regurgitating from their mouths. They prophesy peace and safety and we are in turmoil suffering the fiery darts from our enemies. Those liars want money for the false words they are speaking. Whom do they think they are? Do they assume they are more Holy than our God? We listened to every word they spoke and waited for them to expound on the law of God. We heard no wisdom, no divine revelation, and we have been led astray by their many tirades on the temple porch. They are teaching us that our God is not love, but full of hate and not worthy to be trusted.

We have been taught in the past that we can be happy if we keep the law of God. How can we understand and keep the law if we have no one to guide us with immediate instructions?

All praise to our Father in Heaven because He gave us the Torah to read. He promised us His prophets who would hear from Him would interpret the law. We have no finished book, but cherish fragments and oral teachings that have been passed down through our generations. Guide us, Father, and reveal to us prophets who come from your presence and love us as you love us.

You promised us a prophet would come and we heard he has come, but the Pharisees killed him and it changed our world. Is it true? Was he resurrected? His doctrine sounds like things You would say to Your children. We heard he got upset with the moneychangers and dumped their tables because he was upset with them making a profit from your children when they were coming to worship You and present the proper sacrifice to atone for their sins. We have seen many who do believe in that Jesus and follow his doctrine. They say Jesus has paid the price and all we have to do is Follow him.

Is it that easy to be cleansed from our sins and iniquities? Is Jesus the prophet who will explain Your law to us? Will he contain all wisdom and share that with the common people? Please, Holy Father, hear our plea. We desire the truth. We beg You to send other messengers to guide us in the way we should go. We want to be happy and full of joy because we know where we will be for eternity when we are made right with You. We do not want to perish because we have no vision. Lord, we seek Your face for answers to all of these questions.

Donna’s Notes not included with entry: I was blessed to win this time as I have entered many times several years ago and placed, but did not win.  I was shocked that this creative writing even manifested out of me considering all I am currently going through.  I am recovering from a intense round of shingles, and getting ready to do my first Live program on You Tube,plus so many more physical and spiritual issues as our ministry is so busy.  However, I felt this was inspired by God and after doing a little study on the Proverbs passage, the article flowed out of me in a matter of a few minutes.  Thank You Lord for using me once again to reach many.  Here is just a summation of my study.

Proverbs 29:18
(18) Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

The word “vision” means: H2377 חזון châzôn khaw-zone’
From H2372; a sight (mentally), that is, a dream, revelation, or oracle: – vision.

Gill Commentary says: Pro 29:18 – Where there is no vision, the people perish,…. That is, “no prophecy”, as the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and which is often the sense of the word, as the vision of Isaiah is the prophecy of Isaiah; and, in the New Testament, prophesying is often put for preaching; and here vision, or prophecy, signifies the public ministering of the word and ordinances, and want of persons to administer them; no expounder, as the Septuagint version; or interpreter, as the Arabic.

In the writing Challenge we are not to use the Scripture prompt in our articles and all entries are anonymous, so the judges do not know who the author is until after they have chosen the winner. After I posted my entry, I realized I had made a few mistakes because when we post it has to be in certain formats and those take out your paragraphs sometimes, so even though it had some mistakes, it was judged on the content, and for that I am grateful.

Anyone can enter these Challenges – www.FaithWriters.com
There are several different levels, but because I am considered a published and paid author, I have to be in Level 3 – Advanced.  Thanks for your prayers and I will be writing more when I have time and am inspired.