Wisdom is a word used to describe someone who has gained understanding over a number of years, through the ups and downs of life, the experiences and the choices made – good or bad. It’s what we learn through these things that gives us wisdom. Therefore, you could say that wisdom comes with age.

Since God is ageless, there is no end to His wisdom. He’s the One who has always been, always is and always will be. He doesn’t have to experience any of the things of this earth, because He made it. He dwells in Heaven, yet His mercy and grace are abundant in the world He rules over.

We may have a long life, filled with great challenges, success, downfalls, making wrong decisions. We may have endured difficulties that we never thought we could. Our loss of a loved one, a family member, a child, a spouse are things that can destroy us mentally and emotionally. We may suffer financial loss, or our wealth has become more important to us than it should be. We may bend to peer pressure or the lure of the devil. There are so many ways we can succumb to this world. God knows everything about each human life that inhabits the earth. He never changes, even though we do. His consistency is what we need to get us through.

“SURVIVAL” by KATHY BOECHER

Life gets complicated,

Torrents of troubles rain upon us,

This brief time on earth is a mere whisper,

How do we withstand the storms,

How do we live through them,

How do we survive,

When life ebbs slowly away from us,

When friends and family pass away,

When financial worries overcome us,

When health issues surmount,

When it seems there is no end,

How do we survive,

We struggle to succeed,

Only to be battered down,

We strive to accomplish great deeds,

Only to be ridiculed,

We wonder how we fit into a world gone crazy,

How do we survive,

We’re amazed at the state of our youth,

We worry about the condition of our churches and schools,

We fret over man’s inhumanity to man,

We mourn for the children of the world,

How do we survive,

God has a plan,

We know He is perfect,

He always delivers,

He won’t let us down,

Be still,

Know that He is God,

We will survive.