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We need to be wise like Solomon was in his early days, but not like his later days.
Find a Mentor. "Wisdom is about the reverence of receiving wisdom from the wise." Ask the question, "What is the wise thing to do?" before you do anything and it will change your activities.
Jesus. Seven elements of Jesus' wisdom.
- Orient each day toward God.
- Ask the "good question" all day long until it becomes a habit. Is this the wise (good) thing to do?
- The daily leads to dreams. Focus on the daily instead of the dream, but let your dream shape what you do daily.
- What you want to do over there begins here. You have to start where you are before you can impact somewhere else.
- Everyday people are to be everyday neighbors. Jesus made it clear in the parable of the good Samaritan that our neighbor is the person who is in our daily life.
- Discover who you are by loving others. "Loving others is a great idea until the someone you are to love is someone you don't like."
- Enemies cane loved easier than conquered.
If You Could Have Anything You Wanted… Do we (I) want what Solomon asked God for?
What is a Christian? "A Christian is someone who flows Jesus by devoting his or her One.Life to the kingdom of God, fired by Jesus' own imagination, to a life of loving God and loving others, and to a society shaped by justice, especially for those who have been marginalized, to peace, and to a life devoted to acquiring wisdom."