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I dare you to make a mistake
I have read some uncountable books, attended so many seminars and conferences, got so many degrees in so many universities, patrolled all over the continents in search of knowledge, met a lot of intelligent, smart, good looking people and some stupid ones too but later to find out that what I was searching on the outside was living with me on the inside. I would have saved me a lot stress and money travelling up and down in search of wisdom. I could proudly count myself among the best in my field, I was always eager to learn both from what made sense and what didn't make sense to me but it made sense to others, that is what learning is all about. I tried to find someone to emulate but later found out that the greatest wisdom I ever had came from my relationship with God and my ability in allowing Him direct my thoughts and guide my footsteps.
It all goes back to, psalm 137: 1...unless the Lord builds that house, the builders labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman are staying awake in vain.
Literally speaking, you cannot salvage a slave with a slavery mentality. Of what use is the beauty on the outside if the inside is rotten?
No matter how smart or intelligent I thought I am, I always meet more intelligent people than me. Such is life but what I came to find out is that all the degrees, books, people didn't take me farther than my personal mistakes and experiences. Most of my mistakes were worth giving an award and PhD and these were the things that built and made up who I am today because each of my mistakes always pushes me to go back to my source. My intimacy with God developed more in all my mistakes and crisis because only in such situations; when I have nowhere else to go or no more books to read to find solution to my problem; when all hope is gone that I can only look upto Him to find the true meaning of life since He is the creator of life, I believe that He would still have some extra manuals about life in His library.
If you lay your hope on human, I bet you will die in hoping and frustration.
Degrees may fetch you validations but they can never replace the lessons you learnt from your mistakes.
© Dr. Patience Johnson
It all goes back to, psalm 137: 1...unless the Lord builds that house, the builders labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman are staying awake in vain.
Literally speaking, you cannot salvage a slave with a slavery mentality. Of what use is the beauty on the outside if the inside is rotten?
No matter how smart or intelligent I thought I am, I always meet more intelligent people than me. Such is life but what I came to find out is that all the degrees, books, people didn't take me farther than my personal mistakes and experiences. Most of my mistakes were worth giving an award and PhD and these were the things that built and made up who I am today because each of my mistakes always pushes me to go back to my source. My intimacy with God developed more in all my mistakes and crisis because only in such situations; when I have nowhere else to go or no more books to read to find solution to my problem; when all hope is gone that I can only look upto Him to find the true meaning of life since He is the creator of life, I believe that He would still have some extra manuals about life in His library.
If you lay your hope on human, I bet you will die in hoping and frustration.
Degrees may fetch you validations but they can never replace the lessons you learnt from your mistakes.
© Dr. Patience Johnson
