In Search of Smarties

.    I heard it said that old people are wise. Wait, when does this occur? Because I'm pretty old now and yet I'm not seeing much wisdom happening here. You would think it would just BE - poof - one day I'd wake up and be wise. But I keep on doing really dumb stuff.

     I think it's easy to quote "been there, done that" simply by the fact that all these years have been lived and gone. So, somehow I need to figure out how to use all the dumb in order to use it for wise. I think I can do this. But when I've always done a thing a certain way and it goes bad again? Slap my forehead, let's do different! Say ugly words that can't be taken back? Bam! Hush! If anything I've learned, but not necessarily practiced, it is Phillipians 2: 3b.....in  lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

     I don't always have to be right - I want to be - but I don't have to be. Solomon asked for wisdom. James says I can too, so, yes, I'll ask for some. But do I want it to be smarty pants know it all, or do I want it to help some floundering soul find God - to help them find answers for a life gone haywire.

     Do I truly want to be an older woman that people seek out in their messy, because I've certainly camped there? I think so. Yes, please.

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