IT'S EASY TO GET OUR PRIORITIES OUT OF ALIGNMENT,
TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE.
SO MANY GOALS VIE FOR OUR ATTENTION:
PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS,
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS,
FINANCIAL SECURITY,
GOOD HEALTH,
INTIMACY WITH GOD.
EVEN WHEN WE THINK WE KNOW
HOW TO " RANK "
OUR PRIORITIES PROPERLY,
BALANCING THEM CAN BE DIFFICULT.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED WISDOM
SO DESPERATELY -
SO WE CAN HAVE THE INSIGHT
TO DISCERN WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT
IN A WORLD OF COMPETING DEMANDS.
Pr 8:10-11
"GOD GRANT US
THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT
THE THINGS WE CANNOT CHANGE,
COURAGE TO CHANGE
THE THINGS WE CAN,
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE."
PERHAPS THE REASON SOLOMON
ASCRIBES SUCH HIGH VALUE
TO WISDOM IS BECAUSE,
WITHOUT IT,
WE COULD WASTE OUR LIVES
FOCUSING ON THE WRONG THINGS.
WISDOM ENABLES US
TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN WHAT GIVES LIFE
AND WHAT LEADS TO DEATH.
Pr 8:35-36
Posted By: Judith A. Birt
Saturday, December 20th 2008 at 3:47PM
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