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  1. October 20 - The Fool

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    10/20/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    כסיל - Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them. ECCLESIASTES 2:13–14
    October 20 - The Fool

  2. October 19 - Mega-Vanity!

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    10/19/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    הבל - The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. ECCLESIASTES 1:1–2
    October 19 - Mega-Vanity!

  3. October 18 - Train up or Dedicate?

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    10/18/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    חנך - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. PROVERBS 22:6
    October 18 - Train up or Dedicate?

  4. October 17 - Souls and Throats

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    10/17/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    נפשׁ - Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. PROVERBS 13:3
    October 17 - Souls and Throats

  5. October 16 - Covering Sins

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    10/16/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    כסה - The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. PROVERBS 10:11–12
    October 16 - Covering Sins

  6. October 15 - The Architect of the World

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    10/15/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אמון - "When [God] assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the children of man." PROVERBS 8:29–31
    October 15 - The Architect of the World

  7. October 14 - To What Shall I Compare It?

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    10/14/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    משׁל - The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth. PROVERBS 1:1–4
    October 14 - To What Shall I Compare It?

  8. October 13 - In the Wilderness

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    10/13/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    מדבר - He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants. He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water. And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in. PSALM 107:33–36
    October 13 - In the Wilderness

  9. October 12 - God’s Land

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    10/12/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    ארץ - O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. PSALM 104:24
    October 12 - God’s Land

  10. October 11 - Orienting Ourselves

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    10/11/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    מזרח - For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. PSALM 103:11–12
    October 11 - Orienting Ourselves

  11. October 10 - The Discipline of the Lord

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    10/10/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    יסר - Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law, to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. PSALM 94:12–13
    October 10 - The Discipline of the Lord

  12. October 9 - Abba, Father

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    10/09/21
    3 mins
    By Chad Bird
    אב - He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’ And I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. PSALM 89:26–27
    October 9 - Abba, Father