Trouble Again?

Psalms 77:2 (MSG) I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal. When friends said, "Everything will turn out all right," I didn't believe a word they said.
'My Life is an open wound'. When I continually am facing the same thing and it keeps happening again and again I must ask 'what am I missing?'
Naturally we cannot heal if we are taking the wrong medicine or applying the wrong ointment.
In life we do this. We go round and round and round, it is groundhog day over and over and over.
'When my friends said everything will turn out right I did not believe them.' If we stop long enough to ask 'what am I missing?' and wait for the answer we will have it.
Yesterday I found I had repeated my folly yet had thought I had learned my lesson. I find myself saying 'how could I have missed that?' Yet I did.
On the way home I was listening to an African preacher and he was talking about God's people needing skillful and Godly wisdom. The word resonated deep within my soul. Skillful and Godly wisdom. My God was endeavouring to teach me 'skillful and Godly wisdom.'
It is not enough to know how something should look, how to present a matter. I have go to want more, I must have skill and do a wise and complete thing.
What does God want with His word? He wants it opened up to people with insight and understanding. His word is precious and has to be handled with skill, loving skill.
My God loves His word, He honours it above His name, He is good. Amen!

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