Comments on: THE ENEMY OF CONSERVATISM — PART 3 http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/ Welcome to Conservative commentary from Gainesville, Virginia. That's OUTSIDE the Beltway. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:50:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kgotthardt http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/#comment-16248 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:40:50 +0000 http://citizentom.com/?p=5391#comment-16248 I would say “stopping to pray” is trying. Being “aware” is trying. Dang, trying to remain patient is trying (pun intended). But we (I) DO try, often unsuccessfully.

The serenity prayer….

“The wisdom to know the difference.” That’s a toughie.

]]> By: Citizen Tom http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/#comment-16247 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:09:52 +0000 http://citizentom.com/?p=5391#comment-16247 Does it? Sometimes I wonder. Of one thing I am certain, it helps to stop and pray.

Psalm 46:10 (New International Version)

“Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”

]]> By: kgotthardt http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/#comment-16246 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:24:10 +0000 http://citizentom.com/?p=5391#comment-16246 We can only do the best we can, right? Wisdom really dies when we stop trying.

]]> By: Citizen Tom http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/#comment-16245 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:13:32 +0000 http://citizentom.com/?p=5391#comment-16245 I agree love is needed for wisdom, but agape love, selfless love for God and one’s neighbor — that is a rare. How many of us can honestly say we love God and our neighbors with all our hearts and souls? How many can say we love as God loves us (see here)?

So it is that the wise are hardly known. Few of us have the wisdom to even recognize the wise. Because we love so little, we are small and pathetic. Yet God loves us, and that is our salvation.

]]> By: kgotthardt http://citizentom.com/2009/07/08/the-enemy-of-conservatism-part-3/#comment-16238 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:43:02 +0000 http://citizentom.com/?p=5391#comment-16238 I have long thought that wisdom is a combination of knowledge (through study and experience) and love (as in agape). If either of those is lacking, then wisdom is lacking.

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