Wisdom 9:13-18 NRSVue

¹³For who can learn the counsel of God? Or who can discern what the Lord wills? ¹⁴For the reasoning of mortals is worthless, and our designs are likely to fail, ¹⁵for a perishable body weighs down the soul, and this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful mind. ¹⁶We can hardly guess at what is on earth, and what is at hand we find with labor, but who has traced out what is in the heavens? ¹⁷Who has learned your counsel unless you have given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? ¹⁸And thus the paths of those on earth were set right, and people were taught what pleases you and were saved by wisdom.”

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Further reflection

Certainty sometimes appeals to me, but too much caution may still my hands and keep me inactive. I pray for trust in what God reveals to me and for the courage I need to follow God.

Science continues to probe the mysteries of the world even as some come to conclusions about the workings of God. I pray that I may preserve an attitude of wonder and awe at God’s ways.