Wisdom

“Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding.” Proverbs 3:13 

“The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever else you get, get insight.” Proverbs 4:7 

“How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.” Proverbs 126:16 

The Bible is full of wisdom if we take time to read and understand. How can we use this wisdom in our daily lives? 

Children share wisdom also. Recently the Family Circus cartoon showed Billy leaning against a tree and his parents observing him. His father said to his mother, “See, Billy has no cares in the world”. In reality, he was thinking of worries. It reminded me of our son at age four after he went to bed he would call out, for example, “Did you remember to close the garage door?” I thought four-year-olds should not be worrying about things like that. My observation is that most children think only of the present. They don’t worry about what happened in the past or think about the future, except perhaps, when Santa will come or when their birthday is coming. We could learn from children some things on worrying too much about the past and the future. 

Fred Rogers, also known as “Mister Rogers”, starred in the highly popular and educational children’s series, “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood”. 

Here are some of Fred Roger’s most inspiring quotes. 

“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts, and to be sure that our questions are just as important as our answers”. 

“Real strength has to do with helping others”. 

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me “Look for the helpers, you will always find people who are helping”. 

“How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy.” 

Prayer: May the God of hope fill you with all the joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope”. – Romans 15:13 

Lois Poppe