Proverbs 1-9: Wisdom
Wednesday, September, 17, 2025
Written on July 26, 2008 and posted as a Favorite today . . .
Wisdom saves us from fear. She brings us to understanding. She soothes, she scolds, she hugs, she warms, she enfolds us in her protecting wings.
Recently, we remembered the description of the winged Cherubim that arch over the Ark in the Holy of Holies (1 Kings), that guard the eastern gate of Eden (Genesis), and watch over the desert Ark of the Covenant. (Exodus and Numbers). The Cherubim remain with the Ark and the desert people through David’s time (1 Samuel) until a permanent kingdom is established when we see them in Solomon’s temple. In Psalms and prayers, the Lord is often seen as seated among or between Cherubim; and in the New Testament the writer of the letter to the Hebrews (9) recalls this image to his audience. The Cherubim guard the wisdom God wants to extend to us.
Wisdom also goes out along the byways, looking for those who seek her, calling into her house those who want to be close to God. She sets up tables, lays out banquets, sends her maidens to accompany us to her place of Understanding. Wisdom seeks to bring us Completion and Fullness, not perfection, for she knows that it is impossible for us to be perfect. Wisdom resides in God’s glory, and it is this she wishes to teach us. Wisdom takes in and returns God’s love, and it is this she wishes to open to us. Wisdom wishes us to be fully alive – just as Jesus is fully alive. It is this opening, this blessing, this gift she offers us on open hands. This gift from God. This gift of God.
If you can find time in this busy, busy life, spend it with Wisdom today.
Adapted from a August 24, 2011 post.
Image from: https://aleteia.org/2021/07/20/who-are-the-cherubim-in-the-bible/
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