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The Discipline of Wisdom

  Proverbs 19:20 (NIV) Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.    Really, God? Can’t I just skip over the discipline part and go straight to wise?  [sigh]    

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Critical Wisdom

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My Mother’s Legacy (by Shirlee Abbott)

    Mom’s wisdom:         God loves you and has a plan for your life treat others as you want to be treated two wrongs don’t make a right wash your hands if you can’t say something … Continue reading

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Wisdom Calls (Friday)

  “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” Augustine (354-430)     Some Friday fun: If Lady Wisdom looks like Katharine Hepburn, who plays Patience? I think Patience is a bit of a wall-flower, someone who doesn’t attract a lot of attention. Nice enough, yes, … Continue reading

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Wisdom Calls (Thursday)

Proverbs 9:11-12 (TLB)  “I, Wisdom, will make the hours of your day more profitable and the years of your life more fruitful.” Wisdom is its own reward.   Profitable days and a fruitful life–one would think I’d be zealously chasing … Continue reading

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Wisdom Calls (Wednesday)

  I don’t always appreciate Lady Wisdom’s advice. For example:     Me: Look, blue shoes! I wonder if they’re comfortable. Lady Wisdom: Blue shoes, really? Me: I wear lots of blue. I could put them to good use. Lady … Continue reading

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Wisdom Calls (Tuesday)

Proverbs 1:20-21 (MSG) Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts . . . In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. I visualize a Katharine Hepburn-like Wisdom, white dress and picture hat fluttering in the breeze, calling … Continue reading

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Wisdom Calls (Monday)

Proverbs 1:20 (ESV) Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice. It isn’t Wisdom I notice calling to me in the marketplace. What calls to you in the marketplace?   Shoes–can’t have too many shoes … Continue reading

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