"If I find in myself a desire in which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." C.S. Lewis
Proverbs 10:11 states "Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense."
I think the modern translation is "if you're gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough" -Roger Alan Wade
The newer translation has a catchy tune
In a previous message about seeking God’s guidance for my life, a close friend shared this insightful thought:
Saint Augustine, in his book ‘The City of God,’ beautifully defined virtue as ‘rightly ordered love’ (Chapter XV, Verse 23). This concept of right order in love was a recurring theme in Augustine’s life and writings. In one of his most straightforward explanations, he said:
To live a just and holy life, we need to be able to objectively and fairly assess things. This means loving things in the right order, so we don’t love things that aren’t meant to be loved, or fail to love things that are meant to be loved. We shouldn’t have more or less love for things that should be loved equally. (From ‘On Christian Doctrine,’ Chapter I, Verses 27-28) - my dear friend Kyle
Have you had a chance to reflect on what God has shown you as the right order of things? If you’ve tried to incorporate it into your life, I’d love to hear how it’s changed before and after. It’s always interesting to learn from others’ experiences.
Any theology nerds want to ponder this?
I had someone say "What can you give a God who has everything and doesn't need anything?" The thought was that God doesn't have quite everything, He doesn't have your heart. Thats the only thing you can give Him.
Agree/Disagree? What makes you say that?
I think I want my word of the year to be order…
I’m reading Proverbs 8:27 and wisdom is saying when He established the heavens, wisdom was there. When He drew a circle on the face of the deep.
Circle on the face of the deep doesn’t make sense to me. So I googled it. Obviously may not be the right interpretation. But internet stated that He inscribed order amongst the chaos.
So then I thought, is my heart a cavern of the deep? I feel like I have lost drive in a lot of ways. Like I’m still a passionate person but I’ve lost that specific obsession that I used to carry. Or it so seems.
I think that I want Him to bring order. My chaos is not that of sporadic but maybe of drifting wood in a stream…
Random thought