Proverbs 3:1 says, My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:  Even in Proverbs, there is a call to have God's commandments written in our hearts.  Not forgetting God's law means more than inscribing His words in a stone.  I believe that we should be more concerned about living with God's commandments written in our hearts, or minds, than about having them written on a stone, or poster.  This is especially true if we are displaying them more to bring attention, or glory, to ourselves instead of God.  More than displaying God's law, we need to live it.  Verse two says, For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.  I don't believe that we can say that everyone who lives under God's leadership will live a long life on this earth, but I do believe that anyone who does will live a more peaceful life.  We also know that this is just the beginning of our everlasting life.  Once we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, we begin to live that everlasting life with Him, and this should bring us peace, no matter what happens in our life.  Verse three says, Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:  We should always keep God's laws where we can see them personally, and I believe that the best place for this is to have them hidden, or written, in our heart, or mind.  We should always have ready access to God's word if we are going to be guided by it.  Verse four states, So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.  If we follow God's guidance, if we do not find favor with other people around us, it should never be because of our attitude toward them.  We should always live in a way that honors God, but also in a way that shows love and compassion to those around us.  This world is not my land, or your land, but God's land.  Verse five declares, Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  Do we really trust in God with all our heart, or do we often waver in doubt?  Do we often believe that our understanding of the world is better than God's understanding?  If we make a statement that implies that God just doesn't understand our situation, then we are leaning on our own understanding.  Verse six states, In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  We are instructed to acknowledge God in everything we do.  We cannot divide the world into the secular, or material, and the religious, or spiritual.  Everything we do should be guided by God if we are truly followers of Christ.  Verse seven says, Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  There are people today who say they are just too intelligent to believe in God and His word.  They are wise in their own eyes.  We are called on to fear, or give priority to, God and to not follow the ways of evil.  Just because we as followers of Christ have all our sins for all time forgiven does not mean that we are free to live however we want.  God's guidance should still be our standard.  Verse eight states, It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.  I believe that this is basically saying that following God's guidance will give us strength when we are met with the trials and tribulations of life.  Verse nine states, Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:  We are to honor God with all we have.  We are to give God the first and best that we have, and not the leftovers if there are any.  I believe this applies to our time as well as our possessions.  God must come first if we truly honor Him.  Verse ten says, So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.  I don't believe that we should ever give to God expecting to be rewarded materially for doing so, but this verse tells us that when we put God first, He will bless us.  God will always supply our needs if we live according to His will, though we may not always be able to see it at the time.  Verse eleven declares, My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:  After telling us that we will be blessed if we honor God by the way we live, we are now told that God will chastise us when we do not obey His will.  We love the promise of the blessings, but we aren't so thrilled with the chastisement.  Solomon tells us to not despise the chastisment, then tells us why in the next verse.  Verse twelve states, For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.  If God never corrects us, then there may be something wrong with our relationship with God.  We are not told that God might correct us if we do something wrong, but that He will correct us, and that He will do this out of love for us.  Whether God is blessing us or correcting us, it will always be done out of His love for us based on our relationship to Him.  God can neither bless nor correct us if we do not acknowledge Him as our heavenly Father.