Yesterday I watched a documentary about a talented athlete whose career fell apart because his life was a dumpster fire: parties, booze, drugs, and selfishness.
This is the life of foolishness.
Even though I published my first book Friday (!), the biggest event of this year will be the work involved in honoring the life of my father. I drafted an obituary, helped my mom plan a service, delivered a 20-minute eulogy, and collected copies of all the stories he used to tell—and a few I like to tell about him—and published those in a booklet.
Like a biographer, I had the opportunity to reflect on my father’s life and consider its meaning. I thought about the lifetime he spent reading the Bible and serving the church. And I thought about his father who did the same before him. Both men lived to 88 and at both funerals, I was overwhelmed by people telling me what great men they were.
Their lives were characterized by untiring service to God and others. They worked long past retirement age. They worked every day, on weekends and holidays, taking care of their families and offering a positive influence to the world. God rewarded both with good health, long lives, and loving families around them to the end.
This is the life of wisdom.
Are you seeking wisdom? Do you understand how it will benefit you? Are you building good habits? Are you filling your mind, BUILDING YOUR MIND on the word of God? Wisdom is the great hostess throwing the most amazing banquet. Come to the Bible and feast on her delicacies!
“Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars. She has prepared her meat, mixed her wine, set her table… She calls out, “Whoever is naïve, enter here!” To the one lacking sense, she says, “Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave foolishness behind and you will live. Pursue the way of understanding” Proverbs 9:1-6.
God, give us wisdom! Show us where we lack it so we can gain more.
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