Won't you be my neighbor?
"I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street. The Fear-of-God means hating Evil, whose ways I hate with a passion—pride and arrogance and crooked talk. Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics; I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out." (Proverbs 8:11-14 The Message) When I went through Bible School, my professor taught us that "Wisdom" in the Proverbs is really a reference to a person - not just something to be gained. I had never really considered that before, but I came to realize that he was right. You see, Wisdom is really referring to Jesus. The more of Jesus I have replicated in my life, the more wisdom I begin to possess. From that perspective, I'd like to "unpack" these verses a little. Wisdom (Christ) produces certain other "characteristic traits" within us - sanity, knowledge, discretion, insight, and virtue are but a few of these traits. When...