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I'm now officially one-quarter of the way through my Proverbs 365 project:  taking a Proverb for each day of the year and then considering it and applying it for 21st Century living.  And it's still going like gang-busters.  In fact, there seemed to be a surge in momentum and in readership over the course of the last month -- which makes it even more instructive and enjoyable, getting to experience the Proverbs in (electronic) community.

So I thought I would continue what has now become something of a monthly tradition -- highlighting three of my personal favorites from the month of March:

One of the month's most meaningful entries for me, personally, was drawn from Proverbs 19:3 where it says, "A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD." It occurred to me that I have, on more than one occasion, thrown myself a pity party when there was no reason for pity.  I can make such a big fuss of the "horrible curses" God has thrown my way -- when in fact the difficult circumstances really result from my own life choices.  In particular, I recalled a cold February night in 2007, when really found myself raging against God.  I'm guessing that others might be able to relate to my experiences.  If so, you may want to take a look at P1903 - Misplaced Rage...

Another highlight from the last month was my post entitled, P1704 - Accomplices.  In it, I consider the questions of how one is really supposed to deal with awkward social situations like someone mouthing off about their boss, or openly insulting one's own spouse, or sharing inappropriate information about one's own vices.  These situations happen all the time.  Proverbs 17:4 says, "A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue." But how is this really supposed to work itself out in these awkward social situations?  This particular post may not offer any magical answers -- but at least it poses some interesting questions...

And thirdly, one of my most personal entries in the past month was P617a - Pitfalls of Pride.  In this post, I share about one of the most significant moral struggles in my own life:  pride.  I pick apart some of my negative thought processes -- ranging from "The Blame Game," to "The White Knight Complex" -- and I realize how frequently my life can unpleasantly veer towards the "haughty eyes" that are listed in Proverbs 6:17 as one of God's most hated human vices.  I don't know about anyone else, but I definitely know that I was challenged significantly by this particular Proverb in the month of March...

For a more comprehensive listing of March's content, here are the titles of all 31 entries, along with direct links to the rest of the content.

• P118 - Burning Flesh, Bleeding Wounds, and a Nice Big Bowl of Popcorn
• P208 - The Pathmaster
• P305 - Life Mandate
• P425 - Pick Your Line
• P508 - Practicing Peripatetic
• P617a - Pitalls of Pride
• P719 - Long and Gone
• P801 - The God Who is There and Is Not Silent
• P908 - Mockers and Sages
• P1011 - Busting an Agent's Cover
• P1101 - Calibrating the Scales
• P1228 - The Path to Immortality
• P1320 - Call to Community
• P1405 - God's Honest Truth
• P1511 - Sheol, Abaddon, the LORD, and Me
• P1615 - When the Compulsory Education Bureaucrat's Face Brightens
• P1704 - Accomplices
• P1802 - Listening for Heaven's Sake
• P1903 - Misplaced Rage
• P2024 - Following the Inukshuks
• P2105 - Lessons Learned from the Acquisition of a Cherry Bomb
• P2229 - Pining Away on the Island of Obscuritania
• P2331 - Red Red Wine
• P2413 - Sweetness
• P2525 - Coldwater News
• P2602 - An Undeserved Curse Does Not Come to Rest
• P2707 - A Honey-Loathing, Gruel-Gobbling, Crying Shame
• P2801 - Lessons from the Three Amigos
• P2911 - E-mail Wars
• P3017 - Quoth the Raven
• P3121 - When a House Becomes a Home

April promises to be another great month -- so check it out for yourself at http://proverbs365.ericasp.com.  And feel free to spread the word, too... One of the distinct advantages of the Proverbs is that it's easy to tune into them, whenever one might so choose.  It's not like if you missed the first three months, then you're "behind" or anything like that.  The Proverbs are just like these little power pellets that can be consumed and digested immediately.  So it's never too late to start enjoying them!