Category: Wisdom

  • Solomon’s Prayer

    Having trouble saying, “Enough is enough” when it comes to editing my fiction short story for the writer’s contest.  I need that discerning heart…

    “Give your servant a discerning heart.” – 1 Kings 3:9a

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  • Be still

    Anyone else find it difficult to find a quiet place to just be still, reflect, and then go forth?

    I sure do!

     “Be still, and know that I am God.” – Psalm 46:10a

     

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  • How does one acquire wisdom?

    Impatient Cat-Leia

    “A man’s wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.”

    Proverbs 19:11

    ‘Impatient people are like cats petted backwards – apt to yowl over the discomfort of things not done right or not done at all.’ – Jeanne Zornes

    Know any impatient people in your life? I know a few. I, too, can be impatient (just ask my husband or children) when things don’t go the way I’d planned.

     Reminds me of the phrase:

    • “Don’t major on the minors”
    • “Don’t stress the small stuff, and it’s all small stuff”

    If I could just remember that…life would be much easier and calmer.

    Raising two teenagers, the catch phrase was, “Choose your battles.” But why did it always seem like I was involved in a war vs. a battle?! According to the passage above, if I become wiser, I will have more patience when stressful issues arise.

    I ask myself…do I more closely resemble a yowling cat, or am I viewed as a patient person most of the time? Just how would you recommend getting more wisdom in order to acquire more P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E??

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