Category: Wisdom
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On Voting and “What Would Jesus Do” – Isaiah 46:9-11
Our voter’s pamphlet arrived a couple days ago, and it’s calling me from the pile on my kitchen table. How should I vote? Remember WWJD? Does it work during election time to ask myself what Jesus would do, how he would vote? Such a question leads only to guessing, and I want something more solid than speculation.…
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Wisdom is a Noisy Lady – Proverbs 1
Originally posted on Kathy Sheldon Davis: I’m away at the Oregon Christian Writers coaching conference this week, so I’m sharing one of my favorite posts from my archives. In the first chapter of Proverbs there’s a list of warnings for those who ignore wise counsel. Wisdom is clearly a voice determined to be heard. “Wisdom cries…
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Marriage Tip #3 – How to Get What You Want
What do we really want from marriage? Isn’t it more than those first thoughts that pop into our heads like sexual fulfillment, companionship, life purpose, a stable home, etc.? I Need Love. “What a person desires is unfailing love” (Proverbs 19:22 NIV). Though other translations interpret this verse differently, it’s still true that what we need and…
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Four Small Animals with Extreme Wisdom – Proverbs 30
I think this is better than a David and Goliath story, where a young, untrained fellow takes on a gargantuan warrior. In this chapter of Proverbs we find a list of tiny, unassuming creatures that possess powerful attributes. “Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they…
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How to Bring Calm to the Angry – Proverbs 29
It was fantasy just a short time ago – to think pushing a magic button could produce a perfectly cooked meal in just minutes. Now it’s reality. It’s magic When I was a child I believed saying the words “abra cadabra” could make amazing things happen. A few years later TV showed me it could…
