Wisdom
is not what’s
in your head
-
and it’s
not what’s
in your heart.
Wisdom is
only what’s
in both your
head and
your heart,
-
and then
has been
tested
by
ACTION!
BLOG POSTING, WEEK OF NOV 9, 2026: LAUGH-CRY
I woke up a few morning ago laughing and crying. It started from a dream of an old car with pieces falling of, rolling around, breaking apart, and adding to the rubble in Wile E. Coyote fashion. It was so pathetic, it struck me as funny. Then, I can’t explain it, but added to the deep laugh that shook my insides I started to cry. It was what the Germans call a “Weltschmerz” a world grief, or a world pain. It was a Spirit prompted thing, I needed it, and I know there are numerous possible interpretation. But, it also got me thinking.
Much of what we human invest huge amounts of time, energy, and emotional focus on really aren’t worth beans. Sports, hobbies, success, career, power, knowledge, most will in fifty years be totally forgotten. Even our bodies are like that old car. It seems it is only the very little bit of wisdom, love, obedience, or perhaps self discipline those things build into us that lasts in the Lord. It seems the most valuable things on earth are like: a child running into your arms shouting “Daddy”; or a woman purposely putting herself in her husbands arms; or the quiet outreach of one human to another; or to a lesser extent the occasional pleasure of a hobby or personal accomplishment; and definitely us putting ourselves in the arms of a Father God who loves us.
In the face of all the world's chasing after wind (which would be beautiful if we didn't chase it so hard) the book of Ecclesiastes seven times gives us God’s answer to all of it. Take pleasure in what you can, remembering it comes from God.
I think I will read Ecclesiastes again.
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