The Word Was in the Beginning
Wisdom's Part in Creation
Proverbs 8:1-11
The Message
Lady Wisdom Calls Out
1-11 Do you hear Lady Wisdom calling? Can you hear Madame Insight raising her voice?She's taken her stand at First and Main,
at the busiest intersection.
Right in the city square
where the traffic is thickest, she shouts,
"You—I'm talking to all of you,
everyone out here on the streets!
Listen, you idiots—learn good sense!
You blockheads—shape up!
Don't miss a word of this—I'm telling you how to live well,
I'm telling you how to live at your best.
My mouth chews and savors and relishes truth—
I can't stand the taste of evil!
You'll only hear true and right words from my mouth;
not one syllable will be twisted or skewed.
You'll recognize this as true—you with open minds;
truth-ready minds will see it at once.
Prefer my life-disciplines over chasing after money,
and God-knowledge over a lucrative career.
For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth;
nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
For Reflection
Words. Sometimes I wonder about our ability to use language. We are not hardwired to each other or to God. Really, all we can do is create metaphors for our realities. The word seems at times to be the essence of existence.
Plato understood when he said that the reality exists in archetypes. We only catch a glimpse and our words are only a weak substitute for the real. In Plato's day, reality was unknowable. Even by combining opinions and visions of what people thought was real, the truth of reality was impossible to discern.
John 1:1
New King James Version
The Eternal Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- After the Christ event, truth became knowable. What difference would it make in the way you interact with others if you believed the words you use were holy and a representation of God?
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