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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wisdom
"For in wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow." Ecclesiastes 1:18
Wisdom is often something I pray for- for myself and for others, but I always expect it to come through a friend's words or a book. Wisdom is much deeper than hearing something or "knowing" something. It comes with experience- experience with suffering woven throughout.
"For I knew that if, as children, you could thus fell in your souls the reverence and awe for life and the world, which is the ultimate meaning of Beethoven and Shakespeare, as man and woman you could never be satisfied with less. I felt a great faith that sooner or later you would understand what I once told you, not because I expected you to understand it then, but because I hoped you would remember it later: "True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness."" Whittaker Chambers Witness
The same goes for joy and patience and steadfastness and so on and so on. Life intertwined with suffering, but suffering intertwined with hope and comfort. The reason to:
"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18
A life worth living.
"I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil- this is God's gift to man." Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
Wisdom is often something I pray for- for myself and for others, but I always expect it to come through a friend's words or a book. Wisdom is much deeper than hearing something or "knowing" something. It comes with experience- experience with suffering woven throughout.
"For I knew that if, as children, you could thus fell in your souls the reverence and awe for life and the world, which is the ultimate meaning of Beethoven and Shakespeare, as man and woman you could never be satisfied with less. I felt a great faith that sooner or later you would understand what I once told you, not because I expected you to understand it then, but because I hoped you would remember it later: "True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness."" Whittaker Chambers Witness
The same goes for joy and patience and steadfastness and so on and so on. Life intertwined with suffering, but suffering intertwined with hope and comfort. The reason to:
"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18
A life worth living.
"I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil- this is God's gift to man." Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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