Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Wisdom For All

"'To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. ...'" (Proverbs 8:4-5).

Wisdom calls out to all people. To men and their children as well as to the simple and to the fools. We find in Proverbs that both the adulteress and wisdom call aloud. They both appeal to those who are naive. Wisdom asks the young to gain prudence which means they are to acquire a sensibleness to their approach to life's many confusing alternatives.

The simple are those who are untaught and the fools are those who won't be taught. Wisdom calls out to both. Those who are naive because they yet to be taught are invited to be taught. Those who foolishly reject wisdom are called to no longer live foolishly. They are encouraged to allow themselves to be taught the wise was to live.

Wisdom is for young and old. Wisdom calls to those who have yet to learn and those who have, up to this point, refused to learn. Wisdom is available to all.

Are you ready to learn from her?

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