Day 686 – Wisdom for Leadership Development – Proverbs 25

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 686 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Wisdom for Leadership Development – Proverbs 25 Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 686 of our trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. Every Wednesday along life’s trails, we dig for the nuggets of wisdom that are found within the book of Proverbs. Today we will explore Proverbs 25 from The Voice Translation, which will give us a fresh perspective on this book of timeless wisdom. We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. I have experienced continual healing on my broken femur over the past three weeks.  I am now able to walk completely unassisted. I do still have a slight limp and am experiencing some pain but we are very pleased with how rapidly it is healing. Paula and I invested Labor Day morning outside weeding and replacing the impatiens that we planted in the spring with burnt orange mums for the fall months. I am thankful that my leg is healed to the point where I can now work outside and return to many of my usual duties. Some tasks are still a bit difficult and takes wisdom to know when to limit myself while still pushing towards that limit to strengthen the fracture and muscles. Wisdom is important in all areas of life. Today in Proverbs 25, we will learn… Wisdom for Leadership Development Chapter 25 marks the beginning of the fifth major section of the Proverbs. Let’s review what we’ve covered so far: Section 1 (Chapters 1-9) consisted of speeches from a father to a son. Section 2 (Chapters 10-[22:16]) contained 375 sayings of Solomon. Section 3 (Chapters [22:17]-[24:22]) began the “Thirty Sayings of the Wise.” Section 4 (Chapter [24:23]b-34) included more “Further Sayings of the Wise.” Section 5 (Chapters 25-29) enfolds even more of Solomon’s proverbs. We know from 1 Kings [4:32] that Solomon was a prolific sage who was responsible for thousands of...