May 28, 2005
Wisdom Sir 51:12 cd-20
I thank the LORD and I praise him;I bless the name of the LORD. When I was young and innocent, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer I prayed for her before the temple, and I will seek her until the end, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe. My heart delighted in her, My feet kept to the level path because from earliest youth I was familiar with her.
In the short time I paid heed, I met with great instruction. Since in this way I have profited, I will give my teacher grateful praise. I became resolutely devoted to her– the good I persistently strove for. My soul was tormented in seeking her, My hand opened her gate and I came to know her secrets. I directed my soul to her, and in cleanness I attained to her.
A life spent seeking wisdom is one well spent. Wisdom is finally attained after persistent search and a pure heart. The lifelong search for wisdom is intertwined with the search for God and reverence for the will and ways of God.
The author of this reading stated that their whole life from the time of an innocent youth was spent in seeking wisdom. I can not say the same for myself. I have had a large portion of my life after my teenage years when I was seeking wisdom that I went off that path and it might be said simply pursued self satisfaction.
I can not say what brought me back to the path of following God's will and pursing wisdom, but I am grateful to be on this path. Perhaps part of it was having an experience of having cancer and facing the reality of my own mortality in 1990 which was the time that my focus became turned back to wisdom and away from simply self satisfaction as a way of life. It took a long and continuous transformation. Life is short. I want to spend my days striving for the greatest good.
I thank the LORD and I praise him;I bless the name of the LORD. When I was young and innocent, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer I prayed for her before the temple, and I will seek her until the end, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe. My heart delighted in her, My feet kept to the level path because from earliest youth I was familiar with her.
In the short time I paid heed, I met with great instruction. Since in this way I have profited, I will give my teacher grateful praise. I became resolutely devoted to her– the good I persistently strove for. My soul was tormented in seeking her, My hand opened her gate and I came to know her secrets. I directed my soul to her, and in cleanness I attained to her.
A life spent seeking wisdom is one well spent. Wisdom is finally attained after persistent search and a pure heart. The lifelong search for wisdom is intertwined with the search for God and reverence for the will and ways of God.
The author of this reading stated that their whole life from the time of an innocent youth was spent in seeking wisdom. I can not say the same for myself. I have had a large portion of my life after my teenage years when I was seeking wisdom that I went off that path and it might be said simply pursued self satisfaction.
I can not say what brought me back to the path of following God's will and pursing wisdom, but I am grateful to be on this path. Perhaps part of it was having an experience of having cancer and facing the reality of my own mortality in 1990 which was the time that my focus became turned back to wisdom and away from simply self satisfaction as a way of life. It took a long and continuous transformation. Life is short. I want to spend my days striving for the greatest good.
posted by Joan Morris at 5:40 AM
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