#Gift of Wisdom

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The Source of Wisdom

What can I say to the horizon that it would obey my word? Can I speak that it should be moved So that it moves? What can I say to the storm that it would obey my word? Can I speak that it should relent So that it does relent? Yes a man may come to me with wisdom that would suit a man And being words shared amongst men Yet there is not one man who can come to me with wisdom beyond men. For if it…

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one of the things that continues to strike me on reread is how much the character of Darcy, and Austen through him, finds Mr. Bennet dead. And how much Elizabeth, in growing and changing and discarding her past blindness, has to move past her way of seeing her father and thus of seeing reality, because the two are connected! Darcy’s letter exposes her father’s flaws to Elizabeth in a way she’d never been able to see before. Most especially the way his laziness and neglect of his own gifts have hurt his family and that ultimately he doesn’t. care. Not enough to change. It literally says that she comes home from Hunsford and tries to laugh at her sisters’ and mother’s folly (the way she used to; the way her father has taught her to by example for her whole life) and she can’t anymore! It sticks in her throat. She is grieved by the failures that she sees in him, all the more so because she IS his favorite and she loves him! And the thing about Mr. Bennet is he never changes. The Lydia/wickham situation exposes to him sharply his own conduct and the consequences and he feels it! Because he is neither stupid nor unfeeling. But he, like everyone, has free will. And he chooses not to change when the opportunity presents itself. He even jokes about how quickly his feeling bad will pass and how soon everything will go back to normal, to his laziness and his selfishness. He is set in his ways and he serves as a contrast to Elizabeth’s personal journey because he embodies a version of a person she could have become and was in danger of becoming if her only goal at all times was to laugh at and judge people from the sidelines.

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Lack of Knowledge-Lack of Gifts

Lack of Knowledge-Lack of Gifts

You know, as a Christian you look at some minister of God, and you see how God is using him in a supernatural way, by the gifts of the Holy Spirit manifested in his life. And you wonder, why the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not manifested in your life. But there is an explanation in 1 Corinthians 1:5, 6, 7. It says in verse 5, that the Corinthian Christians have been enriched in Christ Jesus,…

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Last chance to post this before people stop caring about Wisdom saga ODY AND ATHENA FRIENDSHIP MEAN SM TO ME YOU DONT GET IT

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Everyone's moved on but I'm still thinking about the vibes, the hilarity, the absolute peak Sexy Energy that was Shanghai and one half of two sets of generational rivals sitting courtside and watching their counterparts duke it out for the title. PARTICULARLY for the Sincaraz side of things.

Like - say you're Jannik, and you're looking at your team for strength and guidance and maybe to express some intimate frustration and who's that looking STRAIGHT back at you with his big brown eyes?

This guy:

And is he seated exactly where he is most unavoidable?

You bet:

Oh, and Roger Federer is there too, don't worry about it.

More behind a cut because this match would not stop giving.

When I say the eyelines were eyelining. Here's a classic moment where Jannik is looking at Simone. Simone isn't looking back, but you already fuckin know who is.

Later on and a shot where Carlos is all of two pixels and somehow you STILL know where he's looking.

Gathering these screenshots I realized when he wasn't yapping it up with Roger, Carlos spent a whole lot of this match touching his mouth.

Not much more to say about that.

Roger played it pretty neutral throughout but here's fork found in kitchen Carlos Alcaraz pictured smiling at some shit Jannik did.

Tell me why this man looks proud (?) of what his biggest rival is doing out on the court.

No thoughts here, just big brown eyes.

Jannik won! Hooray! Naturally, you'd think that's the last you have to see of Carlos being proud of / happy for / embarrassing about Jannik Sinner.

However, you would be wrong:

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I can’t stop thinking about how this trio looks like a Cup head character hired two hot topic employees

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Do the work in your unique style.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

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returnal did not cure my depression but it did give me a strangely healing new perspective that makes it all a bit easier to bear. that perspective being 'I may be having a rough time right now, but at least I'm not inside the head of returnal protagonist selene vassos'

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https://youtu.be/94RTrH2erPE?si=V5am1H71tyhFv-cu

A new Zelda game got announced and it looks fucking adorable!

WITH PLAYABLE ZELDA! WE NEED A PLAYABLE GANNONDORF TOO!!!

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Thoughts below.

1.

"Look at how she holds her leister. See her arms? You should angle yours like so," I said to Kheeta. "Learn from her. She is the best we have."

"Then ask her to teach me," she replied.

I could not. I was not permitted to speak to any of them any longer, unless I swore off my vengeance. I said my final words to Khloa two suns ago. I bid farewell to my fellow hunters after the last dawn, half-hidden in the mist so that we could not see each other's faces. When the Sapphiric Sun rises next, I will tell my sister good-bye.

"I cannot," I said simply.

"In two nights," she said, sparing no thought towards learning fishing techniques, "I will leave some provisions in the tree-hollow we used to hide in. The taller one. I will wrap them in cloth and twine."

The blood of the dying fish ran down the spear-haft. My chest ached, as though a fire burned deep within; one that could only be quenched by blood.

"Save them for the clan," I chastised.

"No." She touched my hand. "I will want to know that you still live."

2.

I have trouble imagining how a single Abyss can divide Lubrae in two. It is possible that the Abyss is in fact a circular moat that surrounds the City, and Lubraeans' worldviews are oriented such that there are only two sides of the Abyss -- the City side, and the wilderness side. However, thinking about the amount of land that would need to be encircled to provide everything a "crowded" urban area needs is too complicated for me. Especially if fresh water is also needed. Hence, I have gone with "island".

The "perpetual sunlight" can also be achieved with an orbital mirror, but I feel like the destructive potential is not enough compared to a laser.

3.

I realised two things: one, that the beggar was once a Sta--a guard; and two, that he was older than Khloa. Than Kheesa. Older than any of my clan had ever lived to be. Our eyes met. One of his remaining ones was cloudy with a cataract. The insignia of the Regime rattled in his bowl.

"Does the Afeln belong to you?" I asked, pointing my chin towards the animal beside him.

"Yes. It is a good one. Very good."

"It's too old to hunt," I told him. "You should eat it."

My companion, not liking our exchange, marched me into the damp abode of the apothecary.

4.

Some outfit drawings.

I think I am warming up to the idea of certain parts of designs being Earthlike. It helps with the reframing of the story.

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In Loving Memory of Daniel Asher Cohen Massacred 7/10 Israel “ Black Saturday Terrorist Massacre” 

PART FOUR : “ Daniel’s 10 Commandments”

��דניאל בקצרה ‎עשרת הדיברות “של דניאל”. ‎1. ⁠הקפד לתפוס שקיעה לאחר יום עבודה. ‎2.⁠ אסור לאהוב רק את מה שמותר. ‎3. לא צריך לקנות בית, כשהעולם פתוח. ‎4. היה נחמד ⁠לנותני השרות, הם אלה שבאמת עובדים. ‎5. אל תאכל תבשילים שיש להם אמא. ‎6. וייב טוב משמן טוב. ‎7. תן טיפ שמן למלצר, יומטוב לכולם. ‎8. יום בלי ישיבה זהו יום בלי תחליט. ‎9. לא צריך לקנות בגדים, משומש זה רך. קניות זה קשה. ‎10. מה שבטוח, זה שכסף בבנק לא בטוח.

May his memory forever be a blessing

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A woman came to The Prophet, and complained to him about her husband that he invites too many guests and she has become weary from preparing food for them and hosting them. The Prophet did not answer and the woman left.

Sometime later The Prophet called the woman's husband and said, "I am your guest today."

The man was so happy he went home and told his wife "The Prophet of Allah, is our guest today."

His wife was ecstatic and spent time and effort and used every bit of food to prepare for the arrival of the Most Honored Guest, The Prophet.

After the amazing joy of hosting The Prophet, generously, The Prophet, told the man, "Tell your wife to watch the door from which I leave your home."

So the wife watched the door from which The Prophet, left her home and saw all kinds of creatures, scorpions and other harmful creatures leaving the house behind The Prophet, upon which she fainted due to the immense manifestation and greatness of what she had witnessed.

When she came to The Prophet, he said to her, "This is what happens when the guest leaves your home, with him all kinds of harm, trials and tribulations and harmful creatures depart from your home, and that is the wisdom behind being generous to one's guest and becoming weary doing so."

The house in which the guests are frequent and many is a house which Allah loves. There is nothing better than the 'open house' for the young and the old. In such a house descends Allah's Mercy and Blessings from heaven.

The Prophet, said, "If Allah wants good for a people, He sends them a gift." They asked "What kind of gift, oh Prophet of Allah?" He said, "The guest comes with his own provision, and leaves with the sins of the people of the house."

So my beloved, know that the guest is the way to Paradise. The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day must be generous with his guest."

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦

The spiritual gift of wisdom, like the gift of knowledge, is also referred to as the “word of wisdom” or “utterance of wisdom.” The Greek word for wisdom is sophia and it refers to the intimate understanding of God’s Word and His commandments which results in holy and upright living.

In the context of 1 Corinthians 12:8, it means to speak to the life of an individual or to a specific situation with great understanding and a righteous perspective, with the goal of guiding others toward a life of holiness and worship. Several Scriptures reveal the true beauty and fruit of wisdom.

¹⁰ “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.”

—Psalm 111:10

Wisdom begins with the fear of the LORD. It begins with knowing who God is and who we are in comparison to Him. That leads to understanding and then to practicing righteousness. A life of wisdom ultimately results in the praise of God.

“the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.”

—James 3:17

This is undoubtedly a work of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. The highest wisdom is found in the cross of Christ:

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”

—1 Corinthians 1:18

The Holy Spirit gives some the spiritual gift of wisdom to not only impart the truth and understanding to believers, but to invoke a response of holiness and worship lived out in the world and amongst God’s people. Wisdom doesn’t end with knowledge, but is expressed in transformed hearts and lives. Those with the gift of wisdom have a deep understanding of the holiness of God and the lack of holiness in their own hearts. They can recognize this in others as well and have the compassion and boldness to share that truth with them. They are able to take from their own life experiences and share what God has taught them through those things. They can easily recognize where a decision or action may lead and can warn against those that may be harmful or unfruitful. They can often see through the confusion of a situation and can give direction that would help an individual or group obtain a God-glorifying goal. The church needs those with the spiritual gift of wisdom to guide her through uncertain or difficult times.

‭‭¹⁷ For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. ¹⁸ For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written:

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” {Isaiah 29:14}

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? ²¹ For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. ²² For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; ²³ but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, ²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. ²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

²⁶ For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. ²⁷ But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; ²⁸ and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, ²⁹ that no flesh should glory in His presence. ³⁰ But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— ³¹ that, as it is written,

“He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” {Jeremiah 9:24}

—1 Corinthians 1:17-31

¹ And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. ² For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. ³ I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, ⁵ that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

⁶ However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. ⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, ⁸ which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. ⁹ But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen,

nor ear heard,

Nor have entered into the heart of man

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” {Isaiah 64:4}

¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ¹¹ For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. ¹³ These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ¹⁴ But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. ¹⁶ For

“who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” {Isaiah 40:13}

But we have the mind of Christ.

—1 Corinthians 2:1-16

⁸ “for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,”

—1 Corinthians 12:8

‭⁹ “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; ¹⁰ that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;”

—Colossians 1:9-10

‭¹ “For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, ² that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, ³ in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”

—Colossians 2:1-3

‭‭¹³ “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. ¹⁷ But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. ¹⁸ Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.”

—James 3:13-18

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You have divine abilities for a great mission.

Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

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You already know what time it is!

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