Proverbs 8:1 Wisdom is calling!
Understanding is raising her voice!
2 On the heights along the road,
where the paths meet, she is standing;
3 by the gates leading into the city,
at the entrances, she cries aloud:
4 “People, I am calling you,
raising my voice to all mankind.
22 “Adonai made me as the beginning of his way,
the first of his ancient works.
23 I was appointed before the world,
before the start, before the earth’s beginnings.
24 When I was brought forth, there were no ocean depths,
no springs brimming with water.
25 I was brought forth before the hills,
before the mountains had settled in place;
26 he had not yet made the earth, the fields,
or even the earth’s first grains of dust.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there.
When he drew the horizon’s circle on the deep,
28 when he set the skies above in place,
when the fountains of the deep poured forth,
29 when he prescribed boundaries for the sea,
so that its water would not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 I was with him as someone he could trust.
For me, every day was pure delight,
as I played in his presence all the time,.
31 playing everywhere on his earth,
and delighting to be with humankind.[Complete Jewish Bible]
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"Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?" That's how Eugene Peterson begins this chapter of Proverbs in The Message. Today Lady Wisdom comes in many forms and speaks through many different people. One of those through whom she speaks today is my primary care physician, Dr. Gabriel Weiss. Besides being a physician, he was also a musician who wrote and arranged music. In one of his pieces, he shares this bit of wisdom about a man who prayed:
"Every day above ground is a very good day.
Every day above ground gives me reason to say,
Every day above ground: wipe the tears away..."
Dr. Weiss' book, No Death, No Life, was published shortly before he died, but Lady Wisdom still speaks through him today.
Thank you, O God, for the wise ones who continue to share your wisdom with us today. Amen.
David Kupka
Retired
Doctor of Ministry, 1983
Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
4 "To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live...
22 The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth--
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world's first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
31 rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.[New Revised Standard Version]
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"Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?" That's how Eugene Peterson begins this chapter of Proverbs in The Message. Today Lady Wisdom comes in many forms and speaks through many different people. One of those through whom she speaks today is my primary care physician, Dr. Gabriel Weiss. Besides being a physician, he was also a musician who wrote and arranged music. In one of his pieces, he shares this bit of wisdom about a man who prayed:
"Every day above ground is a very good day.
Every day above ground gives me reason to say,
Every day above ground: wipe the tears away..."
Dr. Weiss' book, No Death, No Life, was published shortly before he died, but Lady Wisdom still speaks through him today.
Thank you, O God, for the wise ones who continue to share your wisdom with us today. Amen.
David Kupka
Retired
Doctor of Ministry, 1983
Proverbs 8:1 Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
4 "To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live...
22 The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.
23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth--
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world's first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
31 rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.[New Revised Standard Version]
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