Bible Jouraling 1.15.24

Wise Women Have “Uncommon” Sense January 15th, 2024

“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you ever feel like the common sense has simply gone out the window? Somehow, our culture has become so programmed to rely on computers and calculators and tables that we have forgotten how to put two and two together for ourselves. We’ve lost the ability to make common sense decisions and we are perplexed about how it all happened.

Folk wisdom provides us with wonderful “old wives’ tales” and many of those sage bits of advice were born out of common sense. They were the little things that helped our grandmothers and great-grandmothers stay content. As women who want to be worthy in the sight of God, we want to be wise, and more than that, we want Him to know what we approach life with the common sense. He built into us. The more you operate with “uncommon sense,” the more God can guide you into great wisdom. It’s okay to add things up for yourself.

“Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.” - Proverbs 7:4 NCV

Let us pray: Lord, grant us the wisdom to use our own good sense in the things we do and say. Help us to trust ourselves to make good decisions because we have put all our choices in Your hands. Father God, hear our prayers of intentions from today, from our prayer wall and for any unmentioned prayers in our hearts.. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.

(Today’s devotional comes from”You are Blessed: 366 Devotions written by Karen Moore) Published by Christian Art Publishers