“If at first, you don’t suck seed, try, try again.” I remember my Grandmother saying that many times when I was growing up. When I was really young I wondered, “What does sucking seed mean?” I had no idea. I thought she was talking about sucking on some kind of seeds.
I don’t remember when it became clear, but when I was older I understood what she meant. She wasn’t saying “Suck Seed”, she was quoting the famous mantra, which most people have probably heard a thousand times. “If at first, you don’t SUCCEED, try, try again.”
I came to understand a lot of things when I was older. She taught us so much. She was a very wise woman. She began teaching us the things we would need later on in life, even before we could understand what she was talking about. Then when the situation arose later on, we were better prepared.
I truly think that’s one of the reasons people today don’t exercise wisdom in a lot of their decisions. They were not taught from early on. Then you have those children raising children of their own before they are even grown, and the cycle continues.
There are many smart young people in our world, but WISDOM comes with age and experience. I find myself shaking my head when I see some of the things younger people do today, and yes, I did many of those same things when I was younger. I know better now because of experiences I’ve had and things that I’ve gone through. That helps me to believe that there’s hope for everyone.
Most people don’t make bad decisions knowing they are bad decisions. Usually, we only realize they were bad ones later when we see the end results. That’s why it is so important to listen to someone who has more experience than we do. Many times that’s what successful people will tell you. If you want to be successful follow successful people. Well, if you want to be wise follow wise people and there’s none wiser than the almighty God who created everything.
The principals of life that God has placed in the Bible were put there for our benefit. So we could live a long prosperous life. God created us and he knows what it takes to make us happy. Truly happy. He made us, so he knows what foods our bodies need to be healthy.
Modern science is just now realizing some of God’s principles of health. Thousands of years ago God said we shouldn’t eat certain things. We know now that he knew what he was talking about. Hundreds of diseases can be prevented if we just eat like God said.
Wisdom doesn’t come to us overnight. We are not born with it. It comes from years of experience, both good and bad, and from both success and failure. But, we can make it easier on ourselves and skip a lot of troubles and heartaches on our journey to being wise if we just read and listen and follow the instructions that God has prepared for us in his word, the Bible.
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