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Finding Wisdom is about a long journey of finding moral truths, which are known as proverbs.

This book will help provide the understanding that the search for wisdom is an everyday thing. In making right decisions daily, we are drawn closer to finding and obtaining wisdom. There are five questions to ask yourself before making any decision.

1) Is it right?

2) Is it good?

3) Is it helpful?

4) Would God approve?

5) Would your parents/spouse approve?

The way these questions work is that as you ask these questions about your upcoming decision, if you can answer “no” to any of them, you pump your brakes and go in the opposite direction of what you were thinking. Using these five questions will help you make wiser life decisions.

This book will encourage you to run after wisdom daily like others run after money, fashion, or fame. Finding wisdom will provide you with a bountiful life. There are three different aspects of wisdom: knowledge, discernment, and common sense. If you find yourself lacking any of these three, don’t panic; just ask God to impart and develop these three aspects into your life. Wisdom will keep you out of trouble if you heed to her voice.

As a child, I always thought wisdom was an actual person. Now that I’m older, I understand that’s not true, of course. As an adult, I came to learn that wisdom is an element of a person, the mind of God revealed. It’s hidden but available for those who seek and truly desire to find it. Once you begin your search for wisdom, don’t abandon it. Continue to search for it daily.

Possessing wisdom will help you develop your money management skills, become a better employee, grow into a better student, improve your parenting skills, become a better citizen, teach you how to take effective discipline and criticism, hone your leadership abilities, and control your emotions. Asking God for wisdom is better than asking for material things. For example, if you ask God for wealth, you’ll get one package delivered to your door. But when you ask for wisdom, you’ll receive a variety pack of life skills that will help you obtain and manage the wealth and opportunities given.

Wisdom will prompt you to ask for self-control to discipline your spirit. Obtaining self-control will help you govern your emotions, which is very important and vital to victorious living. Previously, as a social worker, I saw so many women diagnosed with depression and anxiety, which can be controlled and cancelled out with the ability to exercise self-control over your emotions. Anxiety is a mental health disorder identified as feelings of worry, nervousness, or uneasiness, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. Look at it this way—if you’ve ever been raised in a family that has a habit or history of worrying about everything, you’re more than likely going to exemplify the same type of behavior as well. Better yet, let’s use the example of an individual in an abusive relationship. Whether the abuse is physical or mental, the anxiety levels of the individual being abused will be higher than those of others who are not. Anxiety can develop based off how intense one perceives his or her condition or circumstance at the time. We understand that we all are different; however, some people are more disciplined in some areas than others, so in strenuous or chaotic situations, some will reveal a higher level of anxiety until they are able to build up and exercise some control over their emotions.

The practice of exercising your self-control and meditating on the word of God can help calm and eliminate the anxiety being experienced from the equation. Isaiah 26:3 reads, thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Prayer is a key element to possess the ability to obtaining self-control and the discipline to meditate on God’s word. Meditating on God’s word and positive thoughts such as things that are true, pure, honest, good report, and trustworthy (Philippians 4:8) can help heal the part of the brain that was damaged from the trauma that caused the anxiety. Anxiety is real, but it can be controlled and deleted from your life. It is intertwined with our emotions. Pray daily, asking God to delete the anxiety from your life and ask him to help you exercise self-control. Ask God to show you the root cause of your anxiety. Take at least five minutes out of your day to pray and meditate on God’s goodness, on scripture, or on things your thankful for. When God shows you the root cause of your anxiety, find scriptures to meditate on to build that area of your life and to shrink the anxiety until it’s absolutely deleted from your life. Even after it’s been eradicated, continue to meditate on the word of God. God is the only one who can heal ALL wounds. Reading and meditating on God’s word will lead you straight on the road to obtaining wisdom. Finding wisdom can change a lot of areas in your life. As you read the Bible, allow God’s word to transform you.