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Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: "To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live.The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth— when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world's first bits of soil. When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, 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, then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race. (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 NRSV)
Wonderful Wednesday to you dear Friend! We have word that Bill Keck's surgery will be on Thursday at Methodist Hospital in Houston at a time to be determined. Please be in prayer for Bill and Willa and their family. Our hope, faith and trust is in the Lord and we are trusting all to go well. Pray for one another; pray for yourselves. My podcast this week is entitled "Why Do We Pray?" and you can hear it at www.pimplesandwrinkles.org under Media section. I have placed a link below for you to simply click on it and it will take you directly to the website, find the podcast and click play. I pray it bless your life. Please forward it to someone who might be blessed by it as well.
As we continue to prepare for Trinity Sunday, we look at King Solomon's book and find in there a prophetic word about Jesus, who is, as the graphic above says, "Wisdom Personified." Before Christ made His appearance on earth, ancient writers, such as Solomon, knew wisdom to be female and addressed it as such. As he writes, we begin to see the characteristics of Christ in the words of Solomon. What the ancients knew to be true, that of God and His Heavenly Court present at Creation, we now see the revelation that it was Jesus Himself present and active in the creative process, with God the Father at the beginning of all things.
You and I have probably been at some amazing events that we will never forget. My first date with Nellie. Your first date. Your wedding day. My wedding day. The birth of your children, or nephews and nieces; their baptisms, their confirmations, their many graduations from Kindergarten up to university; their weddings, the birth of your grandchildren. All truly amazing things. And that, dear friends, is like seeing a molecule droplet of the wonder that Jesus experienced at the creation of all things. And if you think about the motivation of that creation, you will know it was love. The Father's Love was in the Son, and also in the Holy Spirit. All things that were created by God for us, and we for Him. The cycle is not complete until we all return back to the right relationship that God designed us for, and desires us for.
PRAYER: Awesome God, renew the joy and wonder of all creation. Renew in me the joy of knowing the love of God for us and our salvation in Christ Jesus; and the steady and loving presence of Your Holy Spirit in us. Help us to share that with others is our prayer. In Christ Jesus we pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord! Be a radiant blessing of creation for all to see.
Blessings of love,
Eradio Valverde
