Book of wisdom

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Wisdom 11:23-26

23 [a]But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things;
    and you overlook sins for the sake of repentance.
24 For you love all things that are
    and loathe nothing that you have made;
    for you would not fashion what you hate.
25 How could a thing remain, unless you willed it;
    or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?
26 But you spare all things, because they are yours,
    O Ruler and Lover of souls,
1     for your imperishable spirit is in all things!

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Wisdom 11:23-26

23 [a]But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things;
    and you overlook sins for the sake of repentance.
24 For you love all things that are
    and loathe nothing that you have made;
    for you would not fashion what you hate.
25 How could a thing remain, unless you willed it;
    or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?
26 But you spare all things, because they are yours,
    O Ruler and Lover of souls,
1     for your imperishable spirit is in all things!

That was brilliant!

I love this (bolded) part too... It speaks to me where I'm at in my walk right now.  It's just what i was saying in another post...That 'the reward IS the good deed itself' etc.  Like people ask: "What reward will i get for loving/caring for/doing a good thing for someone?"...and they miss the point (because their selfish hearts aren't right within them). 
Or of course an eternal torment believer asking the question: 'If there is no punishment for sin, why not just sin our wicked little pants off'.   
Blindness indeed.

Wisdom 11:15-26

15 In return for their foolish and wicked thoughts, which led them astray to worship irrational serpents and worthless animals, thou didst send upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them,
16 that they might learn that one is punished by the very things by which he sins. 
17 For thy all-powerful hand, which created the world out of formless matter, did not lack the means to send upon them a multitude of bears, or bold lions,
18 or newly created unknown beasts full of rage, or such as breathe out fiery breath, or belch forth a thick pall of smoke, or flash terrible sparks from their eyes;
19 not only could their damage exterminate men, but the mere sight of them could kill by fright.
20 Even apart from these, men could fall at a single breath when pursued by justice and scattered by the breath of thy power. But thou hast arranged all things by measure and number and weight.
21 For it is always in thy power to show great strength, and who can withstand the might of thy arm?
22 Because the whole world before thee is like a speck that tips the scales, and like a drop of morning dew that falls upon the ground.
23 But thou art merciful to all, for thou canst do all things, and thou dost overlook men's sins, that they may repent.
24 For thou lovest all things that exist, and hast loathing for none of the things which thou hast made, for thou wouldst not have made anything if thou hadst hated it.
25 How would anything have endured if thou hadst not willed it? Or how would anything not called forth by thee have been preserved?
26 Thou sparest all things, for they are thine, O Lord who lovest the living.

[sheila]

Beautiful....

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   Lovely  :HeartThrob:   
  Thank you for sharing ............   :grouppray:

Reminds me of How the Holy Spirit is speaking   though everything and everyone and working all things  according to His Wisdom ..

Isa 55    11so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty,

but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.