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This is one of the promises of wisdom made in the book of Proverbs. Isn’t it appealing? . How many of us lay our heads down at night, only to be greeted by a litany of things undone or done wrong, of unsolved problems and unknown answers, of anxiety that threatens the peace Jesus left with us? . Chapter after chapter in Proverbs, Solomon pleads with his son to seek wisdom, to value it above all other pursuits, to fear the LORD. He promises that wisdom will be life, security, and full of peace and pleasantness. . He knows this because the posture that affords the gaining of wisdom is humility, humility before the God who gives wisdom generously. . Let us heed Proverbs call to pursue wisdom and walk towards maturity. Both of these roads make us better fit for closeness with God and for the experience of His good promises. . (Purchase our digital download—The Way of Wisdom—for $12 in the shop!) . #womenintheword #wellwateredwomen #lampandlight #thewayofwisdom #wordsworthnoting
Limitation of any sort has this way of exposing our humanity. Nothing has done this in my life quite like motherhood. Sharing over on @allisoncreagh’s series called Mom Fail about the time and season when I actually fell, holding my baby, and fractured my arm. . If you know what it’s like to feel helpless to complete tasks, do anything besides comfort your children, or tempted to wish your life looked different in the places where you feel weakest, I pray this post encourages you💗 . Link in profile. #risenmotherhood #flourishinmotherhood #motherhoodissanctifying #wordsworthnoting
Oh how tempting it is to believe that mama knows best. . But how I’ve seen firsthand how knowledge puffs up and leaves little room for a daddy to flourish. The better way of humility (when the Spirit wins in me) welcomes the gifts, the trials and errors, the unique love of a father to lead. . This daddy, he’s wise, practical, solution-oriented, and unafraid of nearly any challenge. His partnership in this never-ending problem-solving thing, this always-changing sanctifying thing, this dying-to-self day-after-day thing called parenting brings me so much security, comfort, and relief. . Thank you for always wanting her around, always lightening our burden, always making us laugh. Happy Father’s Day, sweetie. We know more of the Father because of you. 📷 @shannonlutkinsphotography . #fathersday #wordsworthnoting
Every Sunday I take the bread and the cup. Whether the sermon has made me sweat with conviction or rejoice with hope, I come to the table sobered. . I choke down the broken bread, overcome with the tangible reminder that Jesus came wholly undone to resurrect me, to make me new. I can’t escape the reality week after week that the way that leads to life is following the same. . Being made new is to be broken. To fellowship with our humble Savior in this brokenness, worship Him for it and receive His life. The juice tingles on the way down, and I’m teary over the love that did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped but humbled Himself and became obedient to a bloody death on a tree. . Oh this love! This love humbles me, nourishes me, changes me from the inside out, and builds in me something new—a heart stripped more and more of the pride that resists God’s way and leans in to the hard of dying to self. Because Christ showed that it’s dying—dying with Him—that leads to life. . #womenintheword #wordsworthnoting
Sabbath, in and of itself, makes room. For what’s underneath the surface to rise. For unexpected healing. For honest communication to take center stage. For clearer confession and repentance and restoration. . For quiet to settle in and calm the aches and fears and questions that without connection with God, leave us harried, anxious, consumed, numb, and hardened in heart. . Receiving the call to rest, to rest in God Himself, is part and parcel to our capacity to endure the challenges of life on earth. But even better, when we seek to enjoy Sabbath, God promises to delight our hearts with His own presence, delight that sustains and strengthens and produces in us a joy that can’t be stolen. . #sabbath #isaiah58 #rest #wordsworthnoting