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Competing Voices
Our society is full of competing voices.
Voices from all sides are calling to us to buy their things, participate in their activities, invite their services.
Sometimes the voices are appealing, other times they are easy to dismiss.
Switchfoot - released a song a few years ago.
Let’s take a listen.
(play song from the Beautiful Letdown album
Adding To The Noise
“What's it gonna take
to slow us down
to let the silence spin us around?
What's it gonna take
to drop this town?
We've been spinning at the speed of sound.
Stepping out of those convenience stores
what could we want but more more more?
From the third world to the corporate core
to the corporate core
we are a symphony of modern humanity
If we're adding to the noise
turn off this song
If we're adding to the noise
turn off your stereo, radio, video
what they're gonna think of next
I don’t know what they're gonna think of next
genetic engineers of the most high tech
A couple new ways to fall into debt
to fall into debt
I'm a nervous wreck but I'll bet
that that T.V. set
tells us what we've wanted to hear
But none of these sound bites
are coming in clear
From the third world to the corporate ear
we are the symphony of modern humanity.
If we're adding to the noise
turn off this song
If we're adding to the noise
turn off your stereo, radio, video
Stepping out of those convenience stores
what could we want but more more more?
From the third world
to the corporate core
we are a symphony of modern humanity
If we're adding to the noise
turn off this song
If we're adding to the noise
turn off your stereo, radio, video
I don’t know
what they're gonna think of next
genetic engineers of the most high tech
A couple new ways
to fall into debt
I'm a nervous wreck but I'll bet
that that T.V. set
tells us what we've wanted to hear
But none of these sound bites
are coming in clear
From the third world to the corporate ear
we are the symphony of modern humanity.”
There certainly is a lot of noise around us.
What noise or voices are calling to you? (tech, entertainment, morality, )
Tonight, we’re going to wrap up our series of discussions on the first few chapters in the book of Proverbs.
This chapter is a sort of summary of the thinking behind the voices that we hear.
Wisdom and Folly - personified as women - are the characters in this mini-narrative.
As we look at this, rather than taking it sequentially, verse by verse, we’re going to take a more comparative look at their Incubation - how they are preparing for their guests; their Invitation, and their Ideas.
Incubation
Wisdom’s Work
Let’s look first at what Wisdom does to prepare for her guests.
Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her young women to call
from the highest places in the town,
Let’s consider what it would take if this was a literal person doing these things.
What does it take to build a house?
When I was a teenager, my parents built a custom home.
They...
Constructing a home
Looked for land (a few months)
Purchased the land (a month or so)
Established ideas for their home - (several years - even before the actual construction project began.)
Interviewed architects
Reviews architectural plans and finalized a design
Signed contracts with
Interviewed builders
Construction (8 months)
Moved in
Even after all of this, there was still the landscaping and other loose ends that needed to be tied up.
The point is that
Building a home takes time!
(months or even years)
Preparing a Feast
Not only does wisdom get ready by establishing her home and getting it ready, she takes time to prepare a feast.
She slaughters (and prepares) the animals, prepares the drink and sets the table.
Next week, we’ll all celebrate Thanksgiving.
It has always amazed me how much goes into these feasts.
The hours of planning, preparing, cooking, and more.
If we just look at the time it takes to eat - we may only sit down for a few minutes (30-40 minutes).
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