Sunday, March 25, 2012

Wisdom and a heart of understanding

Lady of Light

In Proverbs 8:5-11, it states:

"O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hera; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it."

It seems that much importance is placed on wisdom, knowledge, and most of all, an understanding heart. Oftentimes, we gain our knowledge and information from the wrong sources and it results in foolish thinking and unrighteous behavior if we are not careful. The word of God is pure and true - when I pray about situations and relationships, I have learned to ask God for "divine wisdom" because earthly so-called wisdom is not always sound and true.

The book of Proverbs, for example, is chocked full of wise sayings. There are 31 verses in Proverbs. If you read a chapter a day, corresponding with the day of the month, every month, you will have read through the whole book of Proverbs. This is a wonderful and valuable exercise. Try it and see.

God bless you and have a great day!

Lady of Light

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