When God doesn’t give wisdom, I sometimes discover that I want wisdom for the wrong reasons. Not getting what I’m asking for motivates me to examine our motives again. Do I want well behaved children because they are embarrassing me? Do I want my children to be saved in order to validate my approach to teaching [...]
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It’s easy, when we are newly aware of our need for wisdom, to become overwhelmed with what we don’t know. We see our lack of wisdom and can be discouraged because we know we need it. But God’s timetable is not ours. He always has a reason for not giving wisdom, and it is always [...]
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Here is my question today: How much knowledge do I need in order to be wise? It’s a trick question, I think. We think of wisdom as a plateau that we reach, and our answer might reflect this perspective, but if wisdom is a learned skill, then we might answer the question differently. Proverbs 1:7 [...]
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This topic is several posts long, but I have been thinking about this for a very long time. In Proverbs 3, 21-26, Solomon tells us that one of the results of wisdom is a measure of confidence and freedom from fear. I like that, since I am not always confident and free from fear as [...]
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One of the wisdom questions we face is how to know what behaviors to ignore, or whether we should ignore anything at all. Sometimes the same behavior needs discipline in one situation, but ignoring in the other. How can we tell? There’s knowledge to be found in the Bible that will help me make those [...]
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I’ve been reading Parenting with Wisdom with friends. We’ve been talking about loving our children the way God made them. Here’s the question I’m asking myself: What are the particular strengths of the ages my children are right now? I’ve got an almost eight year old who is keenly watching my actions to see if [...]
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The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 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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From Friday’s Post: Michelle finally stops waiting for wisdom and determines to do the best she knows how. Turns out her decision was fine, but Michelle is now confused. Did God neglect his promise to give wisdom? Is wisdom the same as knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt what to do in a certain [...]
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Have you ever gotten excited about finding wisdom, and then got discouraged when you realized how many questions you had that didn’t seem to have an answer? I have. More than once! Here’s what it might look like: New mother Michelle wanders aimlessly through Proverbs during her Bible reading, at times being challenged, but not [...]
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Wednesday is the day I challenge myself to think about what I’m doing differently this week because of what I’m reading or meditating on. Since the application of Scripture is how Jesus defines wisdom, I call this day Wisdom Wednesday. The scripture that has been driving me to action this week is I Corinthians 13, [...]
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