“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 (KJV) One lesson I learned growing up without a dad was how to be self-sufficient. In college, I celebrated and reinforced this philosophy with various classes in women’s studies, feminist literary criticism, and American literature. But reading Proverbs 3:5 and The Wisdom of the …
God is a Good Father, Proverbs 2:12
“That thou mayest walk in the way of good men and keep the paths of the righteous.” Proverbs 2:20 (KJV) When my husband Arlin and I hunted elk on Raspberry Island in Alaska, I didn’t worry about rough water in Shelikof or Kupreanof straights because our trustworthy and knowledgeable captain of the Windigo grew up fishing there and knew every …