A Word to the Wise (Archive)
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03/11/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Gen 3:16 “I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing………yet your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you.” God comes back and does something with the woman which has a lot to do with how He made her. Pain is always connected with maturity so childbearing activates maturity in the woman.
03/10/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Gen 3:6 “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise….” One can’t yearn for something that he has not had or known or already experienced, so the woman’s prior acquaintance with wisdom. She desired it; she wanted it, but the man was indifferent to it.
03/09/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Gen 3:6 “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise….” The woman wanted wisdom, she craved it and sought it. If a person is not searching for knowledge and wisdom, then they will not be attracted to it.
03/08/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Gen 3:3 “…nor shall we touch it.” God had not included this in His commandment. The woman added this because wisdom says you should not touch the foods that you are not allowed to eat. The woman had wisdom from the beginning.
03/07/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Gen 3:1 “But the serpent was more subtle………” so he went to the woman, not the man. Why? Because the man would have not fallen to his tactics. He was concerned with the practical matters not the abstract like gaining wisdom. Women question everything; men do not. So the woman would be tempted, the man would not.
02/22/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sin, pleasant sin, enjoys stimulation never fulfilling its craving, nor its raging appetite.
02/21/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Dancing with Demons – One of the worse things about sin, pleasant sin, is the price we pay in memories. Memories return to haunt us at the most inopportune times with intensity, which often overwhelm our emotions.
02/17/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Do not try to gain a “tougher skin”, or “harden your heart” for protection, rather strive to increase your forbearance and understanding to meet these unkindnesses.
02/16/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sensitivity must not increase beyond understanding, as long as that principle is observed it will remain a blessing.
02/15/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sensitivity must be balanced. Understanding is a safeguard that keeps us from being torn and destroyed.
02/11/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sensitivity is valuable to Christians; it is one of the elements that helps us to love our neighbor as ourselves. We comprehend feeling in others more deeply when we feel deeply ourselves.
02/10/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Without sensitivity we would lack the capacity to feel deeply for others. It you see, is the “emotional eye” that causes us to feel and see the needs of others.
02/09/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sensitivity – we strive to cultivate it on the one hand then wonder what to do because of it on the other.
03/03/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Genesis 2,3 is a great place to start. Genesis 2:18 “He made a helper suitable for him.” God may have been admitting that what He made the first time was not complete, but needed some help. He put something in the nature of women that was missing in the nature of man, namely wisdom.
03/01/2010 – A Word to the Wise: One of the best-hidden secrets in Gods word has to do with womanhood. You can read the Bible cover to cover and apparently little is said about women. I say apparently because almost everything is hidden, covered up and one has to dig for it–almost like the things about the Messiah were hidden in the scriptures. Examples?
02/28/2010 – A Word to the Wise: How many sins, pleasant sins do you embrace?
02/25/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sin, pleasant sin, would have us substitute the fake for the real, the make believe, for the sincere.
02/24/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Sin, pleasant sin, embraces us with an intimacy, which masks its insidious destructive power.
02/08/2010 - A Word to the Wise: If you experience these things then you have a symptom many Christians just like you suffer from, that of sensitivity.
02/04/2010 - A Word to the Wise: Do you ever wonder why the small thoughtless things people do hurt you so much? Do you find yourself telling yourself to stop being so childish, that you should have the maturity to overlook these short comings in others?
02/03/2010 - A Word to the Wise: Many people feel deeply, but the capacity to live deeply is the test of life. Feeling is an index to what is in the heart. Not a justifier of what is there.
02/01/2010 - A Word to the Wise: Behind almost ever degraded person is something in their life they felt very deeply about. But the question is what did they feel deeply about? Usually it is found to be themselves.
01/31/2010 - A Word to the Wise: Many people feel deeply about things, but living deeply is another matter. This requires objectivity.
01/27/2010 - A Word to the Wise: I find this interesting since the woman is the first to show an interest in wisdom. In my experience, the man seeks wisdom and insight when he must. Ask any counselor who comes for counseling. Most counselors will say their schedules are mostly filled by women. Spend time in any bookstore and observe who is buying the self-help books. Do you know why?
01/26/2010 - A Word to the Wise: Wise women have always been a part of society. It is instructive that the word wisdom in its various forms in Greek, Hebrew, and Akkadian, embraces the feminine usage. The noun forms of the word in these languages tend to be feminine.
01/25/2010 - A Word to the Wise: A woman acquires knowledge, distills it, and applies it to relationships. After a woman distills the knowledge, she assimilates it then disseminates it through wise behavior.01/18/2010 - A Word to the Wise: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom for both men and women, and both get wisdom by asking it of God. A man begins to acquire wisdom through study and gaining knowledge, but a woman acquires it through heeding the direct prompting of God’s spirit.
01/14/2010 - A Word to the Wise: A woman’s source is her spirit and her heart. The wisdom of either is equal but their purposes are different. Whereas the ultimate purpose for the man is to render justice, a woman’s wisdom provides protection to her family and community.
01/13/2010 - A Word to the Wise: So how does one obtain wisdom? Men and women acquire wisdom differently. Men, for the most part, depend on biblical studies to acquire wisdom. They do word studies, cultural analysis, linguistic searches, historical inquiries, and so on. These resources all lead to wisdom through use of the mind. Men will turn thoughts over and analyze them from different perspectives. This analysis produces insight which the man disseminates through teaching.
01/12/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Now, this matter of faith is vital because authority, wisdom, and faith are tied together. Authority is the cornerstone upon which wisdom stands. From authority extends the fear of the Lord which is the foundation for wisdom.
01/11/2010 – A Word to the Wise: St. James says a double-minded man receives nothing. He receives nothing because he can not make up his mind what he wants. He has not truly placed his faith in God’s ability and authority.
01/10/2010 – A Word to the Wise: St. James points out that wisdom is from God who gives to all men generously. Asking for wisdom is essential to obtaining it. James also says getting wisdom means asking in faith. One must believe God will give him what he is asking.
01/07/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Wisdom cannot be given to or taken from another. A teacher can impart knowledge but not wisdom. Wisdom literature does not give us wisdom. It points the way to wisdom and motivates us to seek it.
01/06/2010 – A Word to the Wise: Wishing for wisdom is not enough. Wisdom is a treasure more precious than gold and silver. One must search diligently if it is to be found. Once obtained, it must be guarded judiciously.
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