DAILY INSPIRATION: Sirach 14:13, 20-27
Sirach 14:13, 20-27
13 Be good to your friend before you die and be generous
to him in any way you can.
20 Happy the one who is intent on wisdom
and who can reply to those who question him; 21 who makes his own the ways
of wisdom and meditates on her secrets; 22 who pursues her like a hunter, lies
in wait by her paths, 23 peeps in at her windows and listens at
her doors; 24 he
sets up camp near her house, fixing his stakes in her walls.
25 He places his tent in the hands of
wisdom; he stays in a happy lodging. 26 He places his sons beneath her
protection and finds shelter beneath her branches. 27 He is shaded by her from
the heat and makes his camp in her glory.
Grant my Beloved that I too may pursue wisdom. To gain wisdom one has to be prepared to search for it, to make sacrifice, to gain self mastery. One must be faithful and disciplined. I have been a dilletante all my life in the pursuit of knowledge but now that I wish to pursue more than mere knowlege, I wish to pursue Divine Wisdom herself, I have to do so with a single minded and dedicated purpose. I know myself for what I am Lord and so do You. Will You, my Beloved, sustain me with Your firm hand and steady me and give me the grace necessary to pursue her. Grant me the strength of character required to deny myself the desire to give way to lighter pursuits and frivolities that do not tax the mind or the spirit in any way. If You will my Lord, help me!
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