Proverbs 5:6,7 says to ACKNOWLEDGE God in all your ways, and He will direct your path.
If you look up the word ACKNOWLEDGE in the Hebrew -- believe me, I'm no Bible scholar, but I have a great book called The Complete Word Study Old Testament by a brilliant man named Zodhiates (I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the Bible better). In that book, I find that the word "Acknowledge" in the original language the Old Testament was written in (Hebrew) means to "perceive, understand, acquire knowledge know, discern; be acquainted with a woman in a sexual way, be known...wait...WHAT? Acknowledge means to know something or someone so completely, the way you know someone you have been intimate with.
Now the other important phrase is "in all your ways". What does that mean? That word "ways" translates (again according to Zodhiates) to mean: "a going, walk, journey, way, path, road, mode, manner, course, way of life, lot in life...a passageway..."
So if you put it all together it says...be completely and fully and intimately aware of God working in your path, your journey, your trip through life...stay alert! Watch for Him as you move through your life, and He will direct you. He will put up stop signs and U turn signs and Warning signs if you stay awake...
Tough women can get lost sometimes. We can find ourselves down roads that don't make any sense for women like us. We look up from the scrambling around and find ourselves on a dark, dangerous road in a neighborhood where we don't belong.
"How did I get here?" we hear a familiar voice say in the darkness...
We followed a crooked path; we took a wrong turn, we followed the wrong guy, or we ran as fast as we could away from one without thinking about where we were going. However it happened, we know we're in trouble and there is no easy way out.
No easy way. But there is a way. It's a "One Step At a Time Sweet Jesus" way. He makes a way out of no way. But you're the one who has to look for the signs and stay plugged in...
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