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Posts tagged "wine"

A Little Control, Please

Proverbs Reflection

Wine and anger are dangerous things. You don’t play with them. You don’t take them lightly. You don’t provoke them. It’s necessary to have them under control if you want to avoid serious problems.

Wine has a sneaky way of weakening our inhibitions: those of restraint, respect and of being in control of ourselves. Take away those inhibitions and all sorts of things can happen: mockery, immorality, loss of respect, all sorts of excess, words we later regret, unacceptable behaviour – and the list goes on.

Read More anger, wine, alcohol, self-control

Metaphor

Old Testament Reflection

The titles in the CEV (and ESV), e.g. “the Groom and the Wedding Party” before 3:6, “What a Beautiful Bride” (4:1) and “The Wedding Dance” (7:1) have been added by the translators. There is no particular reason to read this section as a wedding, though many people do understand it this way. Incidentally the headings “He speaks,” “She speaks,” “Their friends speak” have also been added and these headings are helpful.

Read More love, wine, metaphor


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