Last Sunday at the Church

As part of the Sunday School series that the boys and I have every summer we went on a  little field trip to church. It was a Baptist church and I was pleasantly surprised how modern it felt. The lyrics of the songs were flashing on a large flatscreen TV and the actual sermon was more a philosophy discussion with the congregation than a spiritual lecture. Unfortunately the subject went straight over the heads of the boys but at least they got compensated afterwards with lemon juice and cookies.

In the sermon the minister remarked that he wanted to be wise but that he had to acknowledge that he wasn't. But then, he added, he had the opportunity to spend time with wise people and it became quite apparent to him that life had molded them that way. A common characteristic of wisdom in his opinion was that they all these people have seen, accepted and embraced suffering, and that wisdom came of it. Well, wasn't that the answer he was looking for?Live your life to the fullest and don't be afraid of anything. At worst some suffering will come your way, but it will make you grow as a person.  So the wise thing to do is to stop looking for wisdom and start living it instead.