Wisdom, wisdom, where art thou?

No, it's not Shakespeare...Today, I was reading my devotional and it hit on a really good point: even if we think we know something, we shouldn't be afraid to ask God for His wisdom and help. If you know me, you'll know that I can be stubborn and a know-it-all sometimes. :D I'm not too good when it comes down to asking direction or help from others, sometimes because I'm shy, but also sometimes because I don't want people to think that I'm dumb. But is it better to resist help and keep stumbling around in the dark, or ask for help and steady yourself? It's certainly not easy, at least not for me, but God's always there to help us, and He's always happy to give us wisdom and help us out.

There was a story in my devotional about how the author was staying in a hotel, and from her balcony, she could see where the water was shallow, and where it suddenly dropped off into a deep area. If she could've been in contact with the swimmers, she could've told them where a deep area was coming up. God is like that, He sees all, He knows when danger is headed our way, but the only way that He has contact with us is if we pray and ask Him for wisdom to discern what would be the right choice. We can never have too much wisdom, and God will never stop giving it out, so let's stock up while we can! :D Anyway, so later that day, the author went out to the beach to see if the deep areas of water were visible from ground level. Since she knew here the dropoff was, she stepped out to the edge...and promptly fell off the edge into deep water, like she'd seen the other swimmers do. The point is that even if we think we know something, we can't get smug about it, only God knows the whole truth, life is full of twists and turns that we can't see around, but He can!