{"id":2726,"date":"2021-08-08T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2021-08-08T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T15:19:08","slug":"wisdom-eh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobjanet.org.uk\/bobsblog\/2021\/08\/08\/wisdom-eh\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom, eh?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Much of next Sunday’s Lectionary<\/a> is about wisdom. So what can you say about it, other than it’s a good thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s something, in Solomon’s case anyway, God-given. It doesn’t seem to be the same as education or intelligence or knowledge or even prudence – maybe it’s to do with knowing what’s important and what’s not. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”<\/em>, according to Psalm 111.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ephesians lists some unwise behaviours like getting drunk and some wise behaviours like singing Psalms. Not sure if this always helpful – I have happy memories of singing a spiritual after a couple of pints of Robinson’s. Was I wise or not? On the whole, drinking a lot<\/em> leads to antisocial behaviour* and harms the drinker, and speaking selfishly I think I would be happier in the world if drink and drugs didn’t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However I can’t remember any part of the Bible where you can read ‘don’t drink at all’. Wine features quite a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(* Not only antisocial but also stupid – things that seem inspired at the time turn out to be stupid.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much of next Sunday’s Lectionary is about wisdom. So what can you say about it, other than it’s a good thing? It’s something, in Solomon’s case anyway, God-given. It doesn’t seem to be the same as education or intelligence or knowledge or even prudence – maybe it’s to do with knowing what’s important and what’s … <\/p>\n

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