"I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions."
Proverbs 8:12
I liked this today, mostly for the word witty. It could be that when this was written there was no humorous connotation to the word, and it is just talking about interesting or brilliant inventions... be smart and make good decisions, but it's totally cool to break new ground sort of thing... basically, use your wisdom to do something innovative.
However, I know God has a sense of humor, and witty inventions in that sense could also be good, as long as we aren't using humor as a cover for mockery, cruelty, or inappropriate topics. Just like everything else, our humor needs to stay within the boundaries that the Lord has set, which are there for everyone's safety. :)
I know that it can feel limiting sometimes to walk God's path, but the analogy I always think of is writing. Stream-of-consciousness writing might be a good start, but refining and editing always makes it better, and often if you adopt a form or structure it gets even better than that... a poem, if done well, is full of precise, meaningful words exactly because they were chosen from a limited palette and had to fit together in a certain way. I think our lives are like that as well. They get better when we have some structure and direction, which God can provide.
Today, let's work on being wise and witty, and in tune with the Lord. :)
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