Thursday, September 4, 2008
Wisdom and Faith?
I've been wrestling this week thinking about the combination of wisdom and faith. For some reason in my mind when I think of these words two opposing pictures come to mind. Wisdom brings prudence, thoughtfulness, caution, logic, etc while Faith makes me think of excitement, obedience, trusting, and going for it even if you can't hold all of the pieces together yourself. It's interesting though, because really these two actions ought to work together. I'm not really sure what else to say about this... except... how does it work? How can I live with wisdom in my decisions- and yet remain in faith when my faith may be to stick to a direction that doesn't appear to be a wise decision? So my mind then tracks back to perhaps the practice of faith, which is often the expression of obedience... is in itself wisdom because it's coming into alignment with the direction of God- who knows best.... so in this way a faith action is actually wisdom expressed... i suppose that could put my mind at ease for a moment, but then it shorty doubts that initial faith based decision. aay ye ye. I'm learning... little by little.
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