day no. 14,802: wisdom of all sorts for being completely out of sorts

Proverbs 1:1-7 KJV
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.


I want to know wisdom.
I want to know instruction.

I want to be intimately familiar with what is wise and what to do. I want to know what to think and how to think, what to do and how to do it.

It is easy to feel simple, overwhelmed and out of sorts on a daily basis. When you regularly deal in the coin of spirituality, it is a regular experience to feel penniless.

But God's Word, and Proverbs in particular, promises to pay back for time invested in it. It promises to increase learning, understanding and sturdiness.

Not only does it promise to help you see what's really going on, but it promises to help you help others understand what's going on with them and in the world around all of us.

Wisdom is an eye to see and an ear to hear. To see what is really happening and to hear what is really being said.

This begins with the beginning of all things, in the awe of the one, true, omniscient and benevolent Lord.

Wisdom is a backstage pass to the theater of life and you'd be a straight up fool to turn down this invitation.