“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.” Proverbs 14:4 KJV
I first read this verse in Proverbs a couple of years ago. There have been a few ideas that leaped from the page and almost like a key fitting a lock opened up wisdom to me.
With five children life is chaotic much of the time. There is friction in my spirit because I want a clean crib. A place of order, solitude and less messy. What I have is untidy, always in motion, and too noisy to my liking.
When this verse entered my heart I saw my family for what it is. It’s the blessing that increases our household. We are a team and have one another as a resource to lean on a helping hand, and a Three Musketeers spirit.
The Lord, through Proverbs 14:4, taught me that day the true measure of my blessing.
In uncertain times there is nothing better than a messy, smelly crib full of oxen.
Here is a video discussing some of the ideas in Proverbs 14:4. Use this time to get closer to the Lord.