Have you ever put a puzzle together? Solved Rubiks’ cube? Have you completed a crossword puzzle? Gained access to the next level of a video game? Of course you have, we’ve all succeeded at some kind of challenge, right?
Every year I’ve been planting dill in my spice garden only to have a few sprigs come up randomly all over the place, never in the row that I plant the seeds. Super frustrating. I blamed the birds, the rain, and the wind. Before planting, I said to the packet of dill seeds, “You are gonna grow in two neat little rows this year!” I lined the garden with two rows of toilet paper, sprinkled the seeds over the top and covered with another row of paper and top soil. Watered and waited. There are two neat rows of dill sprouting from the garden. Problem solved.
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. That’s the message Tall Cool ☺ne’s mother wrote in the bible she gave me back in 2008. I didn’t know the depth of its meaning back then. In fact I even wondered why anyone would fear the Lord. God is good, why should we be afraid of Him? A wise man will hear and increase learning. Wisdom involves a change of behavior. Change of behavior involves experience. No one ever finishes wisdom, there’s always more to learn. The more we change, the more experience we receive and the better equipped we are to handle situations. Problems can be a ladder enabling us to climb up and see things from a different perspective. Today’s A-Z of Empathy welcomes problems to gain wisdom and change perspective. The challenge encourages growth.
What challenges have you gained wisdom from?
Cheers,
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