How many old sayings can you remember? How many wives tales have you heard? Do you remember any of the clichés you have heard from your parents or grandparents? Have you given any thought to them recently? Do you put any credence in them?
We have likely heard many old sayings in our lifetimes. If we have not, we will. Some of them sound questionable, until at some point in our lives we find they are true. When we are young, we don’t pay much attention to them. We cast them aside, thinking we know better.
When we are young, we don’t understand the saying, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. We may not fully understand it as we grow older. The meaning of some old sayings lose their meaning…or their meaning gets lost over time. When that happens, we must do some research or spend some time thinking to rediscover the meaning.
We are told in Psalm 78 that old sayings and teachings from God will return. God’s sayings and teachings are true generation after generation. We may not want to hear them, but we cannot dispute their truth. We have heard that God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. His truth is the truth for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
We would be well served to read God’s Word and heed its truths. We may think his truths are old and outdated, yet human nature, at its core, has not changed and God’s truths still apply. Learning lessons from our ancestors and from God will help us from making the same mistakes they made during their lives.
I pray we all read God’s Word and understand his truths. I pray we heed God’s truths. I pray each one of us will choose to learn from our ancestors and God to better our lives. Read the old sayings. Read God’s Word. Trust in God’s truths. Apply them in your life. Live a better life.
Psalm 78:1-3
Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
things that we have heard and known,
that our ancestors have told us.
Marty Pressey 