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Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 7 GNT

Podcast Introduction

It’s Poetry Thursday, and we’ll Proverbs chapter 7. I’m calling this episode ˆProtect Your Eyes.”

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Comments on Proverbs 7

I like what Solomon said in verse two of chapter seven: Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes.

I had a very scary experience with my eyesight a few years ago. The lovely lady LeeAnn and I had a rare day off, and I decided to take her on a drive down the coast. Most of you know that we live in southern California, and Pacific Coast Highway is only about an hour’s drive from our home. She loves the beach, and we like to get out of town whenever possible and have lunch or dinner by the water and listen to the seagulls and watch the waves. 

Well, on this particular day we were taking a nice leisurely stroll on the pier in Oceanside, enjoying the warmth of the sun with a gentle breeze on our faces, watching the pelicans dive for fish, when all of a sudden my vision was filled with what seemed like a million tiny red spots in my left eye. They seemed to sort of cascade down from the top of my field of vision and then just sort of drift around in my eye. It scared me. I didn’t know if I was going blind, having a stroke, or what was happening. 

I won’t go into all the details, but as soon as I was able, I went to Urgent Care where, as soon as the doctor on call heard my symptoms, he sent me directly to an ophthalmologist who told me that part of my retina had become detached. He decided that the best thing would be to do laser surgery right away to sort of spot weld the retina to keep further damage from happening. I’m thankful that we caught it when we did. Today I’m left with no vision at all in about 40 percent of the bottom part of the left eye. I still have all of my central vision, but the bottom part of my peripheral vision is gone. 

You’d better believe that I do all I can to protect my eyes now. 

So Solomon’s words really hit home with me. I’ve read this verse many times before, but this is the first time this verse ever really hit close to home. 

Be as careful to follow the teaching found in God's Word as you are to protect your eyes.

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Steve Webb 0:00I didn't know if I was going blind having a stroke or what was happening.

Steve Webb 0:11Well hey, how are you? This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California in podcasting since 2004. I'm your OG Godcaster. Steve Webb and this is the daily podcast where we're reading through the entire Bible in a year. Today is poetry Thursday, and we'll read Proverbs chapter four. I'm calling this episode. Protect your eyes. Let's get started with a word of prayer. Our Heavenly Father, we pray that as we read today, you would touch our minds open our spirits, and that you would teach us I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. All right, let's begin.

Steve Webb 0:49Proverbs chapter seven. My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do. Do what I say and you will live. be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes. Keep my teaching with you all the time. Write it on your heart. Treat wisdom as your sister and insight as your closest friend. They will keep you walk away from other men's wives from women with seductive words. Once I was looking out the window of my house, and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular, he was walking along the street near the corner where a certain woma...