“My son, if you become surety for your friend,
\nIf you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
\nYou are snared by the words of your mouth;
\nYou are taken by the words of your mouth.
\nSo do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
\nFor you have come into the hand of your friend:
\nGo and humble yourself;
\nPlead with your friend.
\nGive no sleep to your eyes,
\nNor slumber to your eyelids.
\nDeliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
\nAnd like a bird from the hand of the fowler.”
<\/i>
\nProverbs 6:1-5<\/p>\n
Not having heard a “No” from the Lord, I said “Yes” to a friend.<\/p>\n
The Lord’s “No” didn’t take long in arriving.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, my friend heard the same voice, and did what I would not: Humbled himself, pled with his friend, and delivered us both from our own hands.<\/p>\n
Now I, and he, can breathe again. A nice, long exhale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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