Much and Many - hocking their wares
Exercising good judgment as evidence by our conduct is an outflow of listening well to wisdom's call. Learning to speak when in makes sense and then remain prudently silent when it does not is also an outcome of having learned the lessons of wisdom. Knowing when to keep quiet and when to speak up is difficult, isn't it? Realizing when action is the course desired, but also when inaction is the best means of attack is also an art. There is a fine balance which must be learned and it is learned by paying attention and listening carefully - we become "readers" of the signs, so to speak. I think God gives us the ability to "read" the circumstances, know when it is the right moment to move, and holds us back with some check in our inner man when the time is not right - but these "skills" are learned at his feet, not simply by trial and error. When we do err, if we bring those things back to him, he is quite willing to help us learn where the actio