Don't Be a Tapeworm

(Proverbs 21:8 KJV)  The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

The OT word pictures are good for us to see.  “Froward” (guilty NASB) (2054) is equated with “strange” (crooked NASB) (2019).  Think of the twisted paths that our minds follow when we are trying to get out of something.  In the words of Sir Walter Scott,

Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive

“Pure” (2134) is equated with “right” (upright NASB) (3477).  This is one of the word pictures that the Bible presents.  Crooked is compared to upright.  Bent to straight.  On one side you have the twisting tapeworm hiding in the darkness of the bowel and bringing death.  On the other side you have a beam of light lancing through the air to bring life.

So what does your life demonstrate.  You have a lot to say about the way you approach life.  I hope that when people read you it comes out Jesus and not Satan.