| “Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.” |
| —Proverbs 10:6 |
In an episode of the television program The Big Bang Theory, entitled “The Shiny Trinket Maneuver,” Amy gets a tiara. And, she goes crazy. A tiara is something she has longed for all her life. It makes her feel like a princess. So quite naturally, she begins to act just like a princess might act.
In Scripture, 2 we who follow the pathway God has laid out before us, through His precious Son, Jesus, learn that in eternity we will be given a crown. We also learn that receiving this crown will so overwhelm us with our unworthiness, that we will take our crowns and lay them at the feet of Jesus. We do this because we know that He alone is worthy of wearing the crown that denotes what we have done for Him over the course of our lives. Indeed, all we may have accomplished in this life we have done so because of His mercy, grace, and enduring love.
King Solomon makes a specific contrast in Proverbs 10:6 when he writes these words:
Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
God already crowns the heads of His children with righteousness. What more of a crown could we ever hope for or need? Let’s remember that fact as we begin another new day. Then, let’s faithfully follow the pathway God lays out before us, knowing that it leads to His righteousness and to the crown He will give us on that Great Day.
| 1 Lorre, Chuck and Brady, Bill. The Big Bang Theory: “The Shiny Trinket Maneuver” (Season 5, Episode 12). New York: Columbia Broadcasting System, 2012. Please note that whenever a citation of Copyrighted material is made on this blog post, such a citation is made strictly for Educational Fair Use illustration purposes only. All Rights Reserved by the original Copyright Holder. |
| 2 James 1:12 and Revelation 4:9-11 |
