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God bless you for your teaching. I'm sorry that I missed responding to a lot of the lessons as I cannot get online every day. James is one of my favourite books and there are so many treasures in it. I cannot help but be continually blessed by the two passages on 'God's Wisdom'. I constantly live by them. So often my wisdom is just not adequate and I recogise the characteristics of 'peaceable, pure and easily entreated' are not part of it. My continual cry to my Father is "I need YOUR wisdom". I praise Him that He 'gives to all who ask for His wisdom, LIBERALLY'.

This one is really current for me. God showed me in this passage, a few months ago, that I discriminate against my husband because his personality is not as 'rich' as others. He is a precious, saintly man who makes mistakes (as we all do). God showed me that I fawn over some of our friends, who I admire and 'click' with but 'despise' my husband in comparison to how I treat these friends. When God told me this, I admit that I cringed. We must be so careful. I thought my husband had become 'cranky' but, as my attitude came back into line with God's ways, my husband returned to the easy going, relaxed person he used to be. A miracle. Both in my behaviour and attitude and his. I praise God that He showed me where I was so wrong.

I CAN trust God.

I may be jumping the gun a little but I believe that this is inextricably linked to Chapter 3 Verses 13-17, particularly Verse 17. We are offered abundant wisdom 'of that kind'. We must always be prepared to be challenged by God's wisdom. He just thinks differently than we do and He reacts differently. Accepting His wisdom can open up some real challenges to how we handle situations and people.