Proverbs Chapter 9

If you ever wonder what a life living in wisdom looks like? Then you came to the right chapters. Proverbs in the beginning chapters address this whole idea of living a life with wisdom, and now Chapter 9 and 10 show you a life that is full of wisdom, and what it looks like.

Chapter 9 starts out by saying
"Wisdom has built her spacious house with seven pillars. She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines ans set the table. She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city. Come home with me, she urges the simple. To those without good judgement, she says come and eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your foolish ways behind, and begin to live; learn how to be wise."

this is such a wonderful opening of the chapter. There are many about this opening that are great, but one thing that I so much appreciate is the fact that wisdom is calling those who have no wisdom to them. It is a lesson that we all can learn from. Instead of turning away from those who are living lost in the sin of the world, "wisdom" continues to call people to her. She will always be loving to those who really do not deserve it. This to me is such a good depiction of God and Jesus. Jesus again is almost like a reflection of wisdom. When he walked on this earth, he was addressing those who were lost and did not know God, he opened his arms up to the sick, to the people looked at lowly, he opened his arms up and showed them nothing but love. Wisdom is doing the same thing. She is calling the lost to her, she is not turning her back on them.

7-12
"Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get a smart retort. Anyone who rebukes the wicked will get hurt. So don't bother rebuking mockers; they will only hate you. But the wise, when rebuked, they will love you all the more. Teach the wise and they be wiser. Teach the righteousness and they will learn more.
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the holy One results in understanding. Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life. If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer."

This is something so powerful to me. One person who I really look up to is my mom. She is a warrior for Christ and she is one who is a true disciple. She has dealt with many people who are not followers of Christ. Many of them should not be attacking her with harsh words, because they are the people who should love her, but that is not the case. Something that is amazing to me is how she deals with their nasty and hurtful comments to her. She does not display the same thing that they do, she continues to show them love and respect. She prays for them daily, and she shows them nothing but love. There are so many times when I want to do nothing but yell at them and just let them hear what they deserve...but I look at her actions and the way she behaves, and it shows me what true wisdom is. She does not rebuke them, she does not snap back at them, she shows nothing but love and true wisdom. Id she was to go to their level what would that do to her? They would show nothing but hatred again and it would be an never-ending cycle. Yet, she does what she can to continue to show love, and show concern over their relationship with Christ.
It is something that I very much look up to, and I so much desire to be like that. Out of the many things that she has taught me and advice she has given me, it is her actions that really have shown me how to be a disciple.

This is very jumbled, and I apologize for this, but this chapter really just opened my eyes and really just was a good and challenging passage to live by.