The Plumbline

Know anyone who just has a hard time making decisions?  I do!  I must confess there are times, especially when I need to plunk down a great deal of money on something, when I just take forever to make a decision.  I almost "labor" over the decision because I don't want to make a mistake when it comes to spending that sum of money.  Recently, I purchased a new washer and dryer.  Do you know it took me nearly six months to settle on the ones I was to buy?  Yep, six months.  Oh, my other ones were limping along, so I still had clean clothes, but in the interest of efficiency, timeliness of drying, and the like, they were at the end of their lifespan.  The space constraints where they had to fit were one of the biggest factors, but when I found a couple which would work, they were hard to get in a set.  It seemed one place would have a washer the right size, but not the dryer.  The next place would have a dryer, but not a washer.  Do y...

There are certainly a good many sources for wisdom in this world.  We can turn to the internet for some "wisdom" - such as when we need help with learning a new language.  We can turn to the books we have lining walls in our libraries - all divided by subject and author.  We can even turn to each other - learning a great deal from what another may have learned over the years.  In all these cases, we have amassed "knowledge", but maybe not wisdom.  Wisdom isn't just "learned stuff" - it is "applied stuff" which actually goes on to better our lives.  Now, if I learned that foreign language to help another gain insight into the truth of the gospel message, the language would help me to "distribute" the wisdom I had attained by means of study of the Word of God, but it still would not be wisdom.  I may have exercised wisdom in learning a different language as I came to realize I could not reach the other person until I could speak thei...