How do we live well in a troubled world? This has been our
human pursuit for millennia. Today 'Live Well' is a pursuit that includes a network, an app, a Facebook page, and more. Something tells us that there is a better way to fo life! So, we look to the advice of those whom we
respect, and make note of the knowledge of how to live well that they have gleaned
over a lifetime. We call it wisdom. We need it today as much as any time in
history! In the third chapter of the New Testament book of James we hear that
wisdom includes living well, living wisely, living humbly. It’s this humbly
part that we need so desperately! Behind all the current violence and war,
political bashing, and every kind of verbal wrangling, there is an atmosphere
that is far from humble. And it is this that leads to skirmishes. That’s the
situation that the letter of James addresses, and it reads like a prescription
to today’s headlines! True wisdom, truly living well is shown in how much we
understand that to live well we live at peace with each other. We seek mercy
and blessing, and we find it if we choose to live it! We don’t find it in
finger pointing, but we find it as we each, and we together, decide that as far
as it depends upon us, we will live in peace. Jesus showed us this life of
peace, of a Shalom that our hearts desire. Lord, give us the wisdom to live
well, live wisely, live humbly! This is my prayer.
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