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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This morning… in the reading through of Job with sisters… I’m struck by the overall conversation between Job and his friends… All of them men of faith… all of them trying to reconcile a sovereign God in a broken world… all of them getting it partially right… partially wrong… I see the struggle as a…… Continue reading the wisdom of silence…
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will act.He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,and your justice as the noonday.Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,over the man who carries out evil devices!Psalm 37:5-7 ESVCommitting your…… Continue reading wait on Him… Psalm 37:5-7…
I see it again and again in Proverbs…we can make all the plans we want…but God’s purpose is the one that will prevail…The heart of man plans his way,but the Lord establishes his steps.Proverbs 16:9 ESVMany are the plans in the mind of a man,but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.Proverbs…… Continue reading The Journey Readings: Week 89… and His sovereignty…
…the wise heart will know the proper timeand the just way.Ecclesiastes 8:5 ESVThankful for His wisdom… His timing… and His just way…I know I have none of these… wisdom… timing… or justice… except by His grace…By faith… I exercised these three attributes of His today… relying on His guidance… direction… and not my own understanding…Resting… and waiting……… Continue reading thankful for His wisdom…
The wisest of women builds her house,but folly with her own hands tears it down.Proverbs 14:1 ESVSeeking wisdom… for decisions… desiring to build… not tear down… Perhaps wisdom begins… by understanding… your own whims… and heart… can reap destruction…Listening to Him… for direction… and guidance…The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom…Proverbs 15:33 ESV
