Daily Reflection
St. John's Church, Lafayette Square
May 15, 2020
Dear St. John's Community,

Some people you meet have a lot of knowledge, and some have a lot of wisdom.

The two groups are not one and the same.

I find that knowledge comes easier than wisdom. Knowledge is about putting information into your brain, but wisdom comes when you are formed by life, often by the hard parts of it.

Wisdom is about knowing what matters. That comes from times of having to do without, or having to make hard choices.

They say that you should never let a crisis go to waste. Well, I pray that we put this one to good use, and let it be for us all a school for wisdom.

Let us take this opportunity to banish false idols, and hold to what is true, what is life-giving, and what is grounded in God. We will be changed no matter what by the end of this experience, and I pray that this change in us will be marked by the wisdom we gain.

God's peace,
Rob+
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