The little red bicycle was beautiful and I was more than excited when Santa Claus gave it to me for Christmas. Living in Utah, I had to wait for the snow and ice to melt from the sidewalk so I could ride it. When I finally got the chance, Dad lugged it out of the garage and helped me climb on.
Wisdom is the power of right judgment or the ability to discern any situation and know what to do. Wisdom is the ability to see how a particular course of action will turn out in the long run. Imagine the happiness and success you could have with a good dose of wisdom (Proverbs 3:13).
I wasn't quite eight years old when my maternal grandfather passed away. John H. Price was 82. He was found one cold fall morning slumped against a cedar fencepost with a pitchfork in his hand. As usual, he had gone out to tend to his dairy cows and failed to come in for breakfast.
After the funeral services, his descendants, including my mother, gathered at the old homestead to discuss the disposition of his property and meager possessions.
"You never listen to me!" Husbands to wives, wives to husbands, children to parents and parents to children, this is one phrase heard far too often in our homes. Listening is one of the greatest challenges we face. So many of the relationship problems we face could be solved if we would simply slow down and listen to each other.
There is an old saying that God has given man two ears which are exposed and open and only one tongue and it is bridged behind a pair of lips and two rows of teeth!
The Old Testament consists of thirty-nine enlightening books broken down into four sections. There are five books of law, twelve books of history, seventeen books of prophecy and five books of poetry (also known as Hebrew wisdom literature). The book of Ecclesiastes is one of the five books of poetry inspired by the Holy Spirit.
The Scriptures reveal that there are two kinds of wisdom that can be manifested in our lives, earthly and heavenly.
One evening a boy was talking to his grandfather about current events. He asked what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general.
The granddad replied, "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill.
I think most of us have heard the story about the man who encountered a little boy while walking along the seashore. The boy was picking up starfish that he found stranded on the beach and was throwing them back into the ocean one at a time. "What are you doing?"
