To obtain wisdom, we must obtain understanding. To obtain understanding, we must experience.

It is through our experiences we are truly able to understand things and in turn give us true wisdom.

The experience God gives us shapes us into who we are in Christ. Experience can come in all forms.

We have happy experiences, and sad experiences. We have stressful experiences and scary experiences. Sometimes we have odd experiences, but no experience happens by chance. We have painful experiences full of heartache and suffering. It is in these specific experiences I believe true wisdom lies.

It is when we are suffering, when we are at the bottom of the valley, when we are at our weakest, He shines through. In our weakest moment, He is strong. Our understanding grows when we make Him our rock and our cornerstone in our darkest moments.

So when our dark moment has passed, and when we find ourselves on the mountain top again, rejoice. Rejoice in our suffering and struggle, because through it all He has given us wisdom. Rejoice in our pain, wear it with a badge of honor because we are conquerors in Christ, and soldiers in His army. Pain and suffering in this world will equip us with His wisdom and allow us to reclaim the day with victory. So go out, own your pain, own your suffering, and be wise in The Spirit.

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“For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” Ecclesiastes 1:18