What if you read Proverbs as a Mussar Book? And let it King/Queen you? ❦ #17
Biblical Mussar Course
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If you could have coffee with the King or Queen of an Empire, what advice would they give you? That's what the book of Proverbs is: David, the great warrior-poet, telling his little son all the things. We usually think of Proverbs as wisdom literature, but did you know that Mussar is emphasized even more than wisdom in its opening lines? And that over half the references to Mussar in the Bible are in this one book? Maybe it's time to go back and read Proverbs again and let yourself be fathered in the ways you never were. This is your invitation to do a Mussar chapter a day and let it strike royalty in your soul.
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