Not Your Typical Church Lady

"Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding."

~Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)

I can still remember the first time I ever read from the book of Proverbs. We were sitting in Youth Group and my cousin, a few years my senior, bumped me on the leg and pointed to her Bible. There I read "Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife" (Proverbs 21:9, NIV).

We snickered and then instead of paying attention to whatever the Youth Pastor was saying, we spent the rest of the evening reading Proverbs and looking for more verses that m...