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As I sit thinking about Wisdom Wednesday, I’m asking myself: How are you different this week because of Scripture? How is God’s Word changing you this week?
My answer? Uhmmm… I don’t know.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been preoccupied with Easter. Maybe I’m worried about teaching my daughters obedience and feeling like I could do a better [...]

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I’ve been poking through Deuteronomy on the ESV chronological plan, and as I told Lee, sometimes ending up with more questions than answers. This week, the Wisdom Wednesday comes from our Sunday school lesson, which has been challenging to me. Here is what we were reading:
I speak after the manner of men because of the [...]

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The Story:
Several times today there have been tears because one person wanted to go down the playroom stairs when the other person wanted to go up. Somebody wanted the last raspberry yogurt. One child wanted all the cousins to leave the playroom so he could get dressed there (and not have to come downstairs to [...]

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A Light on the Path: Proverbs for Growing Wise by L. J. Sattgast, illustrated by Nancy Munger
I’m always on the lookout for good Christian books for my children. They’re sometimes hard to find. They’re either insipid and shallow or the artwork is terrible. Sometimes the Scripture isn’t exactly used appropriately.
I’m especially interested in books on [...]

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Happy Wisdom Wednesday!
Last night baby woke me up briefly, and then I couldn’t get to sleep. Too many things to think about were swirling inside my brain, causing my stomach to tighten and my brain to keep churning.
I finally asked myself, what am I doing wrong here? It took a few minutes to think “What [...]

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Sometimes I think we believe that spiritual growth happens in big steps. Or we focus on our past failures and forget about making right choices now.
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I [...]

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Like many parents, I find myself worrying from time to time. As I was reading Proverbs this week, I was reminded about one of the amazing results of wisdom: freedom from worry.
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to [...]

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Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase;
So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
When I was at college, I used to eat my dessert first. Since I knew I was going to eat my dinner or lunch eventually, I [...]

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I didn’t intend my last post to end so dramatically. I feel somewhat sheepish because the change really isn’t that big of a deal, although dealing with my attitude is why this post fits the Wisdom Wednesday theme.
Have you ever considered that pride causes us to act in the best interest of ourselves, not our [...]

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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed [...]

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