Proverbs 7:1-5

7 My son, keep my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you;
² keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
³ bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend
What a beautiful ending to this weeks lesson: Solomon urges us, once again that Wisdom is to be trusted- as a sister.  She is not alluring and “dangerous”. Not to be trusted.  She will not capture us with her eyelids and lead us into deception. Have you started thinking of “Wisdom” as a woman? I find that I do, I can see her guiding me and revealing higher ground as I go through my day.  I love that Solomon started us out with a concept that can become familiar and trusted, cozy and safe.
Keep these commandments and live. To live through Christ, is to know and operate, out of the fruits of the Spirit.  I would call this place LIFE.  To operate through the Gifts of the Spirit, to Glorify Him and to make disciples is “living”. To look our Savior in the eye, not paying attention to our circumstances to see if we are OK is to operate above the turmoils of the day. Faith and walking through Wisdom is not a destination, but a journey we will be on for the rest of our lives.  We do not reach the mountaintop and reside there.  We make one decision at a time, we commit to walking without fainting. In the process, we get to see the blue sky and hear the birds. We get to walk with those we love and laugh. We see babies take their first breath, and we see loved ones let out that breath- as they escape to eternity. We get to live this life through the wonder of the Lamb. Thank you Father for this day and all of the wonders You have wrapped into it!!