Proverbs 8-9

In both these chapters wisdom is lauded and how valuable it is. The capacity to make proper assessments and decisions is worth it’s weight in gold. There are successful people who are foolish and reap the negative consequences of their folly and there are poor people who are wise who reap the positive benefits of their wisdom. I love the pictures in both chapters of wisdom putting herself out there, along the byways where people are, up high where people can see. She is calling out and all who want her can find her if they will apply themselves to instruction and to God’s Spirit. God is the source of wisdom and so fearing Him is the beginning of it because we must first understand that He knows what is right and best and we don’t. And oh the benefits that come from wisdom: peace within and peace without, knowing who you are and whose you are, knowing what is right and true, being able to care for people without caring what people think of you, being properly related to the past, the present and the future, accepting where you have been and knowing where you are going….and the list goes on and on. So get wisdom….though it cost you everything you have, get understanding. There’s nothing better…..