OUR REASONING
Sirach 27:4-7 (not in Protestant Bible)
When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains;
So a man’s filth remains in the way he reasons.
As a furnace tests a potter’s vessels,
So the test of a man is in the way he reasons.
As fruit reveals how a tree is cultivated,
So a man’s reasoning process reveals his heart.
Do not praise a man before he reveals the way he reasons,
For this is the way a man is tested.
Personal Challenge
Of all the creatures in creation only mankind has been given the ability to fully exercise reason. How we execute this capability is often a test of who we are, what we believe, and how we will act or react to that which happens in our lives. This passage provides graphic images of how our reasoning presents itself and is tested. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
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