Proverbs 8 - Be on the lookout for Wisdom

I've been "offline" for the weekend, but as I said in the challenge - if you miss a day, just keep on going. Actually, I read this yesterday, but am posting it this morning.

Proverbs 8, verses 34-36:

Blessed is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.

For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the LORD.

But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all who hate me love death."

It's confusing when we hear wisdom talking in the voice of a person, but that is just what is happening here. Did you ever really miss someone who was away for a while? That is the image that I see when I read "watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway." You know they are not yet scheduled to come home, but yet you secretly long for them to be back, and you look in familiar places hoping there will be there.

Today with all the craziness going on in the world, it seems like wisdom and common sense is taking a vacation. It seems like more and more people are failing to find wisdom and are harming themselves and those around them, just like the verse says. We need to be on the lookout for God's wisdom, and pour it into our lives daily. We need to wait expectantly to welcome it, and pray for it to return to our world. When we find wisdom, we find favor from the Lord!

I'm enjoying the August challenge and the blessing of receiving my daily dose of God's wisdom thru His Word. Keep on diggin' in! And please add your comments to the blog.