Looking For
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Wisdom and Guidance?
See The Light.
Live In The Light.
Be Made Radiant.
Psalm 34:5
Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
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John 13:15
For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
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Words of Grace for Today –
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The routine of life,
which we make happen when there is no routine,
lest we go crazy,
some of us more than others,
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The routine of life
does not give us wisdom on how to live well.
The routine of life only teaches us
to survive.
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So where do we look for wisdom and guidance?
Conspiracy theories built on our fears, fears augmented by fake news and social media echo chambers?
Human constructed ways and means of building fortunes, fame, or satisfaction?
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Human constructed ‘divine wisdom’ that looks exactly like human wisdom on how to get the best for oneself and one’s own?
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or
From Jesus, still presented by humans in human words, but with a difference from the rest;
namely that Jesus is the example,
and we do not have to strive to emulate him on our own, in fact we simply cannot, not unless we first recognize that on our own we cannot accomplish anything good.
God comes to us, forgives, restores, and revives us, and then sends us out to be that same forgiveness, restoration, and revival for all other people, even if it costs us our lives.
That’s the example Jesus provides for us. We cannot.
But God can
and does
for us
and through us for others.
Thus we become radiant in our routines, and never need be ashamed of what God accomplishes through us, nor our failings that God forgives over and over and over again.
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So where are you looking today for wisdom and guidance?