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Learn and reflect (1)
'... the Lord gives wisdom ...' Proverbs 2:6
As Mr. Wartface paces the length of your history classroom delivering his mind-numbingly dull lectures on crop rotation in the 14th century - what do you jot down in your exercise book, detailed notes of old Wartface's teaching? You'll reflect on the man's genius in between Hollyoaks and Eastenders tonight and scribble the gist of what he's saying. Then close your book and never return to the page again. You practice your new soon-to-be-married signature. One day Troy Bolton will be your spouse, even though he is only a fictional character in a make-believe Disney musical.
I wonder if your note-taking reflects your approach to learning from life. Some of us drift through life, never really taking anything in.
Like C's, we never really listen, we're too preoccupied with our fantasies to ever learn anything worthwhile.
Some of us are B's. We get lots of knowledge, we're intelligent in one way, but we don't have understanding, we don't grow from our knowledge.
Some of us are A's, the conscientious types. We not only make a record of what we experience, but we take the time to reflect on it, to learn from it, to gain in wisdom and grow as a person.
To get the best out of life you need to turn what you know into how you live. 'Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion; wise realists plant their feet on the ground' (Proverbs 14:18 TM).
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Learn and reflect (2)
'... if it costs everything you have, get understanding' Proverbs 4:7
Christmas comes early if you're feathered. October/November is one long festive eat for turkeys. Each day the grain keeps coming, thicker and faster than the one before. Why, you've barely enough room in your giblets to fit another seed in your gobbled gob but hey! It's that festive time again. Enjoy it while it lasts. Now our feathered little friends are not in the wrong. It's just nobody has told them the fatter they are, the fitter they are for Christmas dinner. They don't have the full picture. Are you a bit feather-brained?
Here's what The Bible says about getting the full picture: 'Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do:
Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk that counts.
Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom ... real wisdom, God's wisdom ... is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced' (James 3:13-17 TM).
Our own narrow-minded blinkered view of things isn't wisdom. To avoid being a bird-brain we need to get in step with God. When you know God, you know where to find wisdom. 'God with your own hands you formed me. Now breathe your wisdom over me so I can understand you' (Psalm 119:73 TM).
written by Bob Gass
'... the Lord gives wisdom ...' Proverbs 2:6
As Mr. Wartface paces the length of your history classroom delivering his mind-numbingly dull lectures on crop rotation in the 14th century - what do you jot down in your exercise book, detailed notes of old Wartface's teaching? You'll reflect on the man's genius in between Hollyoaks and Eastenders tonight and scribble the gist of what he's saying. Then close your book and never return to the page again. You practice your new soon-to-be-married signature. One day Troy Bolton will be your spouse, even though he is only a fictional character in a make-believe Disney musical.
I wonder if your note-taking reflects your approach to learning from life. Some of us drift through life, never really taking anything in.
Like C's, we never really listen, we're too preoccupied with our fantasies to ever learn anything worthwhile.
Some of us are B's. We get lots of knowledge, we're intelligent in one way, but we don't have understanding, we don't grow from our knowledge.
Some of us are A's, the conscientious types. We not only make a record of what we experience, but we take the time to reflect on it, to learn from it, to gain in wisdom and grow as a person.
To get the best out of life you need to turn what you know into how you live. 'Foolish dreamers live in a world of illusion; wise realists plant their feet on the ground' (Proverbs 14:18 TM).
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Learn and reflect (2)
'... if it costs everything you have, get understanding' Proverbs 4:7
Christmas comes early if you're feathered. October/November is one long festive eat for turkeys. Each day the grain keeps coming, thicker and faster than the one before. Why, you've barely enough room in your giblets to fit another seed in your gobbled gob but hey! It's that festive time again. Enjoy it while it lasts. Now our feathered little friends are not in the wrong. It's just nobody has told them the fatter they are, the fitter they are for Christmas dinner. They don't have the full picture. Are you a bit feather-brained?
Here's what The Bible says about getting the full picture: 'Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do:
Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk that counts.
Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom ... real wisdom, God's wisdom ... is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced' (James 3:13-17 TM).
Our own narrow-minded blinkered view of things isn't wisdom. To avoid being a bird-brain we need to get in step with God. When you know God, you know where to find wisdom. 'God with your own hands you formed me. Now breathe your wisdom over me so I can understand you' (Psalm 119:73 TM).
written by Bob Gass
