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Wisdom is knowing life has meaning even when you can't make sense of it.

Many of us are familiar with the
wisdom that Jesus offers
us through his life an teachings,
but the Old Testament
also offers us wisdom
to live full lives.

Watch these three videos to get an understanding of the type of Wisdom these books offer us.

Proverbs:
It all about discovering wisdom and how you can use it to build a good life. It is a hopeful book that looks at how God has ordered the world so that it is just and fair. It points to the idea that when we do good we will have good things happen to us.
Proverbs talk about the 'fear of the Lord' which is all about knowing God's definition of right and wrong and respecting it.

Job:
Looks at whether God is truely fair and just, by telling us about the life of Job. Job is a good man who looses everything and feels devastated. He questions God and doubts if God is fair.
God responds by showing Job the detail and complexity of the world and Job figures out that God has a plan we will never understand and we are asked to trust God's ultimate wisdom. Job learns that God does not punish us and that in everything good and bad God is present.

There are 3 books in the Old Testament called the
Wisdom Literature:
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job.

Ecclesiastes:
Is more critical and looks at the challenges of time, death and the meaninglessness of life that we all feel at times. Unlike Proverbs it talks about how sometimes the world isn't fair! Life can seem random and like we don't have much control over it.
It accepts that life is beautiful and mysterious, but sometimes it doesn't make sense and is confusing. Ecclesiastes looks at how we can live with a grateful heart and enjoy the simple things in life. It helps us to be humble and to trust that God has a plan!

Together these 3 books help us to understand the kind of world we are living in and how we can live a full life.
The wisdom that God offers allows us to build life where we live humbly appreciating the simple things like a good meal with family, or the sun on our face. Wisdom helps us to understand that sometimes bad things happen to good people. Wisdom teaches us right from wrong and that if we try to live good lives everyone benefits.

It's important to understand that wisdom is not the same as knowledge!
We all know someone who knows lots of stuff, but can make silly choices.
Wisdom means that we learn things, then we use what we know in life,
our decisions, our relationships and our choices.

God's wisdom is lived through the person of Jesus.
In Jesus we see how to use God's wisdom to live good lives.

Wisdom is using the knowledge you have!

LIVE WHAT YOU LEARN!

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