I ask for wisdom often. I mean OFTEN! I always want to be able to give others the absolute best advice and I want to be able to pass good judgment on any given situation that I walk into, but I never think of wisdom as being beneficial to ME.
I do not mean that I don't ask for advice, but instead that I never ask for wisdom to be able to live healthier myself. I always think of wisdom as being something you have for the benefit of those around you, but in thinking that way I ultimately neglect my own needs.
What I am doing is asking for wise words, but not to actually be wise.
To be wise is far more complex than being able to give advice. It living it out. I may give wisdom form time to time, but anyone who looks at how I take care of myself and say that I am not a very wise person at all.
So when you pray, pray to "be wise" rather than to "have wisdom." Don't pray to have light...pray to BE light!
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
I do not mean that I don't ask for advice, but instead that I never ask for wisdom to be able to live healthier myself. I always think of wisdom as being something you have for the benefit of those around you, but in thinking that way I ultimately neglect my own needs.What I am doing is asking for wise words, but not to actually be wise.
To be wise is far more complex than being able to give advice. It living it out. I may give wisdom form time to time, but anyone who looks at how I take care of myself and say that I am not a very wise person at all.
So when you pray, pray to "be wise" rather than to "have wisdom." Don't pray to have light...pray to BE light!
Grace and Peace,
Stephen
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