PRACTICAL WISDOM

"Hear, my child, your father’s instruction,

and do not reject your mother’s teaching" (Proverbs 1:8)

This reminds me of the popular book "All I Ever Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten," which reviewed the basic courtesies of living among other people. Things like, take turns, return things to where you found them, and take a nap when you are tired. Practical wisdom. The book of Proverbs has some practical wisdom, too. Things like, don’t hang out with sinners, trust in the Lord rather than your own insight, do the good that is within your power to do.
It seemed easy to obey the rules when I was younger. It didn’t occur to me to doubt the validity of what Mom, Dad, and God said. I never seemed short of time to obey. Now, ruled by my own judgement and constricted by my own prior choices, it seems I ignore a lot of common sense wisdom. Annoyed by all those other self-serving adults in the world, who don’t know how to merge in traffic or push shopping carts out of the parking area, I let my courtesies fly out the window, too. I may feel justified, but Proverbs says I’m simply foolish.
It would be worth our while to recall some of that practical wisdom learned at our parent’s knees and spoken in our heavenly Father’s book of wisdom, and put them into practice in our grown-up situations. May you be creatively inspired to do so!
Courtesy: Web site: eDevotions.org