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The Road to Wisdom

The Road to Wisdom      How many of us have ever prayed for wisdom?       I would fall among the ones of us who have. It is such a spiritual prayer and it sounds so nice.  You don't have any idea, in advance, that you can't walk down the easy road to get it. Wisdom  comes in pieces and you have to walk down the road of experience to get it.      You may walk a bit along the way and meet up with someone unpleasant. You just have to glean what you can from the situation and just move on.       Then, you come to a rocky place, and you work through it, pick up another piece and continue on.       After a while, you may meet up with a tragedy. You work through the pain, as best you can, find something good from the circumstance, and go on.       Suddenly, you get stuck in a place where you feel trapped. You are so weary by this point, that...

Things That Are Not Seen

Your faithfulness extends to every generation, as enduring as the earth you created.(Psalm 119:90) If we sit and think about all of the blessings of God, we have to acknowledge His faithfulness in every situation of life! It is the INTANGIBLE things that God truly blesses us with. These are things that can never be taken away from us; like treasures in heaven. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. (I Timothy 6:19) God shows up with many intangible gifts when we need them. Mercy for example; and grace. The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. (Psalm 145:9) From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. ( John 1:16) God's faithfulness CANNOT be compared to man's reliability. I think that is why so many times we can't seem to believe Him for His blessings. We are too busy looking at all the p...