July 13th, 2021: More about Wisdom

I wrote about this before. However, there is a lot more to think about when we try to address the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Let us imagine wisdom is the core circle when knowledge is the one outside it, and the information circle is the one surrounding the knowledge one.

When information is merely collected data, knowledge is how we apply that data in different aspects of life. Wisdom is having the discernment to discover the truth in life while attaining knowledge.

Wisdom is not about having the ability to advance ourselves beyond others. It is about being able to see God within the core of other people's lives. Wisdom is about seeing things beyond the trivialities of life so we can discover the hidden beauty of God around us and within us.

Wisdom is to have the freedom to acknowledge God's presence and activities when it is uncomfortable to do so. It will help us to embrace God's power as we grow in our knowledge and understanding.

The ultimate wisdom of God is the centrality of the Cross. It tells us that God loves the world and died for it. If God sees the values in people with different skin colors, cultural heritages, different emotional and physical disabilities, born and unborn, what right do we have to discriminate, disregard and destroy them? All these behaviors exist because of the absence of wisdom.


"Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."
~ Proverbs 3:13-18
"This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words."
~ 1 Corinthians 2:13
"But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere."
~ James 3:17

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