Would you just put that in the trash can?? Oops...

"He [the righteous man] is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away." Psalms 1:3-4

Recently Peter and I started using an ESV study bible that was given to Peter by a good friend. It is a great version and has a lot of online utilities that can be used with it. In this version, the study notes point out the tree and how it yields fruit and compares this to the righteous man prospering. The word "prospers" doesn't necessarily mean that the man himself prospers materially. Note that the tree yields fruit but the fruit is not for the tree, it is for others. In the same way, the righteous man yields fruit that is beneficial to others, physically and spiritually. The wicked man, on the other hand, is like the irritable chaff that floats away on the wind. Chaff is an unwanted part of wheat that when thrown into the air by the farmer, flies away with the wind while the edible kernals fall back down.

So, I can be like the righteous man and be a blessing to those around me or I can be like the wicked man and be irritable and unwanted by those around me. Hmmm....how have I been today? Perhaps I shouldn't nag Peter about things like mowing the lawn and picking up after himself in the kitchen and just find a way to do it myself. :) I'm sure there are a few husbands out there that might say "Amen!" to that!