When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 ESV I read it in my morning reading... The path of pride burdens us with defensiveness, while the way of humility frees us to receive teaching and correction. The first path seeks self-justification, while the second pursues truth wherever it leads.… Continue reading the path of wisdom…
Category: Wisdom
bittersweet… knowledge…
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after the wind. For in much wisdom is much vexation and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:17-18 ESV The pursuit of knowledge and wisdom begins with the fear of the… Continue reading bittersweet… knowledge…
gracious wisdom…
In the reading through with sisters... we've come to James... A book I'm familiar with... yet... in the first few verses... He reveals a facet of His wisdom... I'd not seen before... But if you any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it… Continue reading gracious wisdom…
word-less…
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot contain it. Psalm 139:6 ESV This week's glimpses of Him... leave me feeling word-less... He's far too wonder-full... to put into words... Truths too lofty... leave me wondering... Are they really true...? Has He seemed to wonder-full to you...? Do you find yourself word-less...?… Continue reading word-less…
what happens when you ignore trouble…
Today... I experienced what happens when you ignore the warning signs of trouble... Literally... for several weeks... maybe a couple of months... I've ignored the little yellow light on the house alarm pad that reads... Trouble... First of all... I didn't believe it... there were no signs of trouble... no smoke wafting through the house... no… Continue reading what happens when you ignore trouble…
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