I often watch with frustration as my kids do things that I've told them not to do... and I wonder at how God must feel the same way. God must look at us, God's children, and wonder at some of the choices we make. We pursue selfish things and then wonder why our lives aren't rich in relationships. We grab for short-term gains and then wonder why our long-term plans don't work out. We ignore one another and then wonder why others cry out in pain. We've turned up the volume on every other news source in our lives, and I don't know that things are going very well... when I look at the news, I see a society that is hurting and looking for answers. We're asking a lot of questions, but given that we've largely rejected the big picture answers, it's hard to hold a cohesive narrative that brings us together when we're all grabbing for the answers that each of us prefers individually. Lady Wisdom is shouting, but we're all tuned in to our own curated narratives and don't have the patience for anyone else to correct or lead us.
Is there room in your life to hear Lady Wisdom's daily cries? Are you open to correction, to being led, to recognizing the dangerous influences of the other things that would lead you in this life? God is ready to revise our lives, and like thirsty travelers, we're in need of drinking from the fountain of life. May we drink deeply, humbly, and with contrite hearts, ready to listen, ready to learn.
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