I’m on vacation this weekend, so enjoy my new meme!
A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. (Proverbs 11:28, The Message Bible)
Here is the same verse in the RSV translation.
He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. (Proverbs 11:28 RSV)
The image of this tree stump on the beach came from Pixabay.com
Author’s Note:
While I occasionally like the wording in the Message Bible, I often check the same verse in a Bible translation, such as NIV or RSV.
Because the scriptural meaning is often changed, I view the Message as a paraphrase rather then an accurate translation of the original Greek and Hebrew.
