Theodidacti

Devotions at the Police Department are a new kind of thing for me. I mean, I’ve been doing devotions with the officers for years now but it’s always a different devotional experience. A little rougher; a little more in your face; a bit more basic. For example, a guy finds one of last Thursday’s passages to be very straight forward, so he paraphrases, and I quote: “Let me tell you one damn thing…” and then essentially delivers God’s message to us. He had my attention.

Another thing the guys enjoy doing is discovering verses they find amusing in relation to their wives. For example, the same guy who paraphrased above loves 1 Samuel 20:30. “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman…”

The Proverbs therefore have become a rich source of amusement for them. “Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.” (Pro 11:22) A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife‘s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.” (Pro 19:13) “It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.” (Pro 21:9; 25:24) “It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.” (Pro 21:19)”A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike.” (Pro 27:15) “An excellent wife who can find?” (Pro 31:10)

Then there are the multiple passages that speak of the “evil woman.”

So, it was with unshared enthusiasm that I shared with them Proverbs 20:6: “…a faithful man who can find?”