The cry no one wants to listen to
"Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words:
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge." (Proverbs 1:20-22)
Everywhere, in every situation, we have the opportunity to learn. Wisdom is all around us, screaming, trying to get our attention. There are a lot of lessons that still need to be learned everywhere. Knowledge is like ripe fruit on a roadside just waiting for someone to take it and eat it.
Wisdom in this Proverb symbolizes God himself (that is why it is capitalized). He wants to teach us through every opportunity, whether good or bad. You do not need a high IQ to understand Him, nor be a Super-spiritual person. You only need humility and attention.
This wisdom that God wants to share with us, is much more valuable than knowledge acquired from books and in any University. It is wisdom for life, to conquer and establish happiness, something that the wise of this world cannot find. He wants to give us the wisdom to have a happy marriage, to live at peace even in the midst of war. Turn away from evil, overcome yourself, and build a righteous life.
You too can acquire this wisdom, but you have to learn to tune in the Voice of God, above all voices of this noisy world.
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