Read Proverbs 27:14

Read Proverbs 27:14  Are you a morning person?  I am.  I like to get up early and get the day going.  Or are you an evening person?  Can you stay up late and get a lot of stuff done after everybody goes to sleep?  Some people are - but not me.  Are you a quiet person?  Do you like to listen to others talk?  Or are you an out-loud person who likes to do the talking?  Sometimes if you talk loud, it will get you into trouble.  In our verse for today, the person is loud and gets up early and talks all day - and loudly too - about what a wonderful person their friend is.  They will go on and on about the great things that their friend can do, and how talented their friend is, and how funny their friend's stories are, and how smart their friend is, and . . . well you get the picture.  When someone is over the top with their praises, their praises don't seem real.  Their praises for their friend are actually extreme, and are not real.  When your friend brags on you so much that no one believes them, their praises are not worth anything.  You even wish that they would just stop and quit exaggerating.  Here is Solomon's advice: don't be a loud, bragging person.  The friend that you are bragging about would rather you would go away.  You are embarrassing them.  Here is better advice: say something good about your friend, and then shut up.  It is better for others to see for themselves that you have a great friend than for you to keep telling people that you have a great friend.