Oxygen 12 was on Friday and was attended by 17 people. We looked at wisdom and where we get it from. A fascinating group activity produced some interesting proverbs (which I will post here tomorrow).I was interested to read in a commentary recently that Proverbs actually encourages Christians to learn and make use of human wisdom and experience. In a sense, it is a book demonstrating how best to go about that.
I was also interested in the concept that Proverbs reflects three social backgrounds, one of which being the life of the family. "The teachers often speak as father and mother to the hearers as their children,"* reads to commentary. Behind this implication is the notion that the home is the natural place for teaching and learning about life, wisdom and the way of righteousness.
This is certainly something to think about as the school system leverages these values away from parents more and more. What will society look like if the home is not the place for teaching and learning about life?
* New Bible Commentary, page 584.
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