MARCH 2009 BULLETIN

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another
— and all the more as you see the Day approaching.   
Hebrews 10:25




Embrace Wisdom (Clyde and Dee Kilough)
The Bible speaks of two kinds of wisdom - that which comes from the above and that which is of earth.......................James 3:15-17
There are some benefits in the hard-won wisdom that experience and pain has bought, but there are far greater and more lasting benefits when we learn and apply God's wisdom before the pain.



Proverbs 4:7-9
...tells us that when we embrace wisdom, we will have a crown of glory and honor, The trick is to embrace wisdom early in life.
King Solomon had a chance to embrace godly wisdom - but fell back on seemingly easier worldly wisdom. Not only did it cause both Israel and himself continual pain, but Solomon additionally dug a hole so deep that he could not get out.
Embracing wisdom means recognizing and applying wisdom. Our emotions and feelings get in the way. They, too, are one of God's gifts to the human race, but they are gifts that need to be controlled. That is character. And to know to do and to be able to do it - that is wisdom.