Seeking Wisdom

Proverbs 14 shows the contrast between good and evil, or, the upright and the wicked.  I was looking for something to help with this emotional pain I’ve been dealing with over the last week and found this chapter, as if it called out to me.

Certain words stood out, almost like those depth perception charts you look at.

Wise woman builds….. foolish tears apart

                Wisdom of the sensible is to understand….foolishness of fools is deceit

                                In laughter, the heart may be in pain….at the end of joy may be grief

I am talking about me in all of this and no one else.

We fool ourselves sometimes, when we want to believe something can be true; when our heart desires something that is placed before us.

We grow tired of running alone, and not having someone to talk to at the end of every day, so we seek out something that may not be exactly what God had planned. Because if that something (or someone) takes your eyes off of God, then it isn’t good any longer.

That doesn't mean it is the something (or someone's) fault for the redirection of focus. We are responsible for our own actions that get us into the situations we find ourselves in. No one else can be blamed.

I am at peace in a situation in my life, because I know God has a plan. I am not privy to those plans, nor do I know when or where I will be when the plan is revealed, but I know God has it under control.

Just like He took care of my car situation a few days ago.

Just like He is healing my heart right now.

Just like He loves me, even when I fail.

Psalm 31:7-9 (New American Standard Bible)

⁷ I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,

Because You have seen my affliction;

You have known the troubles of my soul,

⁸ And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;

You have set my feet in a large place.

⁹ Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;

My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.