Wisdom from above

After James 3:13-18 

Wisdom comes from

living in Christ, being

open to all and 

allowing the Spirit

to dwell within you.

Wisdom from above

can be identified

and defined: peace,

gentleness, listening

to others, mercy,

producing good,

impartial, sincere.

When that wisdom

is present it sows

righteousness, it sows

in peace, it produces

a great harvest.

Wisdom is not sought

as an end in itself;

wisdom happens when

it’s instilled from above.

And it’s demonstrated

by a beautiful life.

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Sing Like You’re Saved: Overcoming Seven Obstacles to Worship – Bob Kauflin at Desiring God.

 

When Discipleship is Difficult, Start with Delight – Aaron Armstrong at Story Warren.

 

The Humbling I Needed – Melissa Edgington at Your Mom Has a Blog.

Where wisdom is not

After James 3:13-18 

If you see jealousy,

if you experience it 

yourself, you will

not find wisdom.

If you feel selfish

ambition in your heart,

a desire for glory,

recognition, praise 

of others, you will

not find wisdom.

Jealousy and selfish

ambition produce

disorder and vileness.

That’s the wisdom

of this world, unspiritual;

that’s the wisdom

of this world, demonic. 

 

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Some Friday Readings

 

Eusebius, Early Christianity’s Historian – Michael De Sapio at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

“She Prays,” poem by Ella Higginson – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.

 

The Distance We Keep – Michael Mellette at Mockingbird.

 

The Life God Didn’t Let You Live – Katie Kaitkep. 

The source of wisdom

After James 3:13-18 

Where does wisdom

come from? Does it

arise from years

of study and

research, from

experience, from

living day to day?

Whi is wise

among you? Is

wisdom crowdsourced?

 

Wisdom comes from

above; it’s the only

source. It’s displayed

by your conduct, by

its own meekness. It

doesn’t boast; it’s not

false to what’s true.

Wisdom comes from

outside you; it comes

from above. 

 

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Some Sunday Readings

 

Labour and Legacy – Jeremy Walker at The Wanderer.

 

Gen Z and Belonging to the Church – Alan Noble.

 

A Sonnet for Trinity Sunday – Malcolm Guite.