{"id":431,"date":"2009-03-05T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/archives\/431"},"modified":"2009-03-05T06:01:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T13:01:01","slug":"heavenly-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/heavenly-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"“HEAVENLY WISDOM!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

James 3:17-18<\/strong><\/p>\n

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.”<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Attending grades 6 through 12 on a Christian college campus was an education in itself. I later graduated from that same college (now a university), but I think I learned as much by observing the students as I learned from my professors.<\/p>\n

I must confess that there were times when I struggled academically, but I was able to squeak by and even attain a Masters of Arts degree in Sociology. (This proves that miracles still happen!)<\/p>\n

Most of my real education was gained through my parents. They were raised on the Oklahoma panhandle and endured the rigors of much of the dust bowl years. Families had a tough time back then and an eighth grade education was considered to be the norm.<\/p>\n

The wisdom that both of my parents possessed, was not something that can be taught in a classroom. They reasoned things out and became practical in ways that many in our modern day world lack.<\/p>\n

One of the things they engendered in me was a love of people. Since money was always scarce we needed to make our own brand of entertainment. One of the most enjoyable things we did as a family was to drive the mile into town, park the car and watch people. It is amazing what you can learn about human nature by simply observing people.<\/p>\n

In yesterday\u2019s Daily-E-Votional I made a mess of relating a humorous story. What can I say? Some people can tell a joke and some people can\u2019t! Anyway, I mentioned something about how differently waiters behaved when they left the dining area and entered the kitchen.<\/p>\n

In graduate school I read a book by Erving Goffman called, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life<\/em>. One summer he observed waiters at a prestigious hotel and the difference in their behavior as they served guests and how they reacted with the kitchen staff. There was a world of difference and not for the better!<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s Scripture, James defines heavenly wisdom<\/strong>\u2014the kind of wisdom that we need to pursue. Consider the adjectives James uses: Pure; Peace-loving; Considerate; Submissive; Full of Mercy and Good Fruit; Impartial and Sincere. <\/strong><\/p>\n

That is the wisdom that the believer should be striving to attain. Students often carry study notes with them to prepare for an up-coming test. Wouldn\u2019t it be a great idea for each of us to write the adjectives down and make a concerted effort to gain heavenly wisdom? I have just written mine down\u2014please join me.<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James 3:17-18 “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.” Attending grades 6 through 12 on a Christian college campus was an education in itself. I later graduated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}