So Easily Forgotten!

i am unable to escape the results of my thoughts. Whatever my present environment may be, i will fall, remain or rise with my thoughts, my vision, my ideal. i will become as small as my controlling desire; as great as my dominant hunger and thirst.

i am unable to escape the results of my thoughts… i can’t tell you how many times i have said, “i have the mind of Christ, my thoughts are established in Him, my steps are ordered by Him.” But the next portion of the quote has a great effect on my thoughts, “whatever my present environment may be,”

At the end of last year i spent a great amount of time learning to remove my judgements of things. Example, there are no good days, no bad days. Since i everything comes from God, goes through God and ends with God, everyday must be good. i also spent time looking at the question of does God need me. i came to the conclusion that no God does not need me but, He desires me. i also thought about the idea of being just a simple creation of God and would that be enough for me. If i never did anything to be remembered for, if nobody knew my name, if there was no great accomplishment or legacy left behind, would i be okay with that. If i truly was… just His creation. The word just causes me pause as i say it. Is there such a thing as, just when it comes to God. “Just” sounds like i am limited or handicapped in being His creation. i spent several months working to remove “me” from the equation and to make Him the “only.” That’s an extrodinary environment to be in.

Then comes March like a roaring lion and i am thrown into moving the Onething Campus. A new environment and just 25 days to get the job done. i now must design 4000 sq. ft of space which will serve us for the next three years. This is right up my alley. I GET TO CREATE! Then the building process begins and at the end of every day i can look on the accomplishments of our labor. The results of a hard days work stand before me to evaluate. Then putting the decorating touches in place that Ann Marie has so wonderfully layed out. More results, more accomplishments! i am in “MY” element as a creative individual. For a week the finishing touches feed my hunger for seeing results and all the while claiming that it must be just right for those who use the campus. The day comes to move in and get ready for the campus to open and when it’s all done i remember standing there at the end of the day, wanting a few silent moments to gaze at the results, to take count of all the accomplishments. It was like being a proud papa.

For many reason i could not get my few moments alone and so i left that place thinking that i would capture my proud moments at another time. That did not happen. It was less than 24 hours before my proud moments were invaded with some dissatisfaction regarding the results from those around me. Hurt… yes. Disappointed… yes. my finest hour was gone and thus the disconnect which i now realize was my desire for significance. i am not usually one who needs a pat on the back and i do not particularly desire nor need recognition or even a thank you, but for some reason this time was different.

i told Ann Marie that when the hairs on my arms ache and every part of my body claims its own pains, when i am as tired as i am from all the hours, when we have given more money, time and effort than we agreed to do and i come to the place where i feel no significance there is something wrong. i had recently learned that blame does not work well for anyone so began looking to myself for what was wrong. It took a week and a half but God made it clear that i had forgotten the lessons regarding my significance. i was no longer for this brief moment willing to step back and be a simple creature of His, and now what? What am i to do now that this task is done? What is there for me to accomplish? Where will my significance come from? my current dominant hunger and thirst!

This morning i was led to Philippians 2:1-4 ed My son if you’ve gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

Truth be told… all i did was lend a helping hand! No more than the countless others who helped. Oh maybe i spent more hours but every effort counted. Maybe we gave more money, but it wasn’t ours anyway and as we came to the end literally every penny is counting. i close for today with the words of Philippians 2:12-13 What I’m getting at, ed, is that you should simply keep on doing what you’ve already learned from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I’m separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give Him the most (significance) pleasure. my dominant hunger and thirst.

My Dominant Hunger and Thirst

i can’t recall exactly when i wrote about this topic before but i know it was not that long ago and yet, here i am again. It is for times like this that i named this blog, me and I Am – subtitle – Recycled. It’s because i knew that i would visit many of the same topics regarding my life and God’s words for me over and over. Not because God isn’t a good teacher or speaker but because i forget. i get distracted and that being said, God did a work in me this week-end… again… and i hope to embrace it more deeply so as to not go back to Egypt again. i found myself back in or at significance. Just as one must ask why would i want to go back to Egypt, i must ask why would i want to go back into my own significance? It’s my mind, will and emotions!

significance… consequence or importance,  a measure of the confidence that can be placed in a result, as not being merely a matter of chance.

For the past four or five weeks i have been relocating the Onething Campus. While we just moved across the street, the construction required was an incredible amount of work. It required many long days and much physical, and mental effort. We finished to some degree on April 1st and everyone moved in and began to resume their own works of ministry. i on the other hand struggled to connect with the new location. It is an incredible location and it is the best environment we have had in the entire six years of doing this. It’s new, it’s fresh, its anointed but non the less i have not been able to connect.

People ask me what i think about it and i share just what i have shared in this post, but i struggled with the words to describe my personal disconnect and i say disconnect with hesitation as that’s not really the word. i did not want to post about this “funk” or a “bad week” i was experiencing. i worked at being grateful for everything God did, in every area of the move. At one point i thought i had figured my problem out when one of the team shared about being grateful and how it was different than giving thanks. It turned out not to be the solution, although great insight and i did make sure that i was more than just thankful, but was giving thanks to God and others as well.

This week-end God spoke to me loud and clear through routine actions. This was our first week-end of rest. No need to go to the campus not ability to motivate myself to do any of the numerous tasks i had though i would tackle while at home… resting. As the television did it’s usual rambling i considered the idea that perhaps i was suffering from depression as the commercial suggested. The symptoms seemed to match but my spirit was not willing to buy into that idea. It’s funny but right now i can not recall where the answer began to present itself but non the less it did and the word was significance. i have been feeling insignificant. Insignificant to God. Insignificant to myself. Insignificant to others.

The word significance became a resounding theme in everything i watched, or listened to. i went back to find my posts where i talked about this before but what i found was more focused on the answer and not so much the problem. In closing let me share these powerful and provocative (serving to provoke; incite, stimulate, irritate, or vex) words… i am unable to escape the results of my thoughts. Whatever my present environment may be, i will fall, remain or rise with my thoughts, my vision, my ideal. i will become as small as my controlling desire; as great as my dominant hunger and thirst.

God Wrote A Book About me! Part 2

It takes a relentless spirit to finish strong. my story isn’t that i run with happiness. It says i run with purpose, i run with seriousness. i watched a movie this week-end and there was one redeeming… yes, just one, line that came from wasting  over two hours. The line was that when we lose or are not doing our purpose we are broken. i have felt what that is like.

my finishing well requires more than me being happy. It requires persistence and endurance, being relentless in my effort. Hebrews 12:1 in the message says it this way, “Strip down, start running and never quit!” Completing my journey is important in ways i may never know. Not only me but every person regardless of the amount of time lived, influences others. It is important for me to not look back nor leave the course that has been written about me. i must be relentless to live my story as written by the one who created me.

Many days are filled with adversities, health, family, employment, finances, etc., etc., etc., but these situations are not hopeless even though they may seem so. They are just well dressed lies. The story about me says that God has given me Grace to do what truth demands.

Today i will delight in the words written in Luke 1:15 where God calls me “great in His sight.”

God foresaw me as successful. He saw me with a fabulous life. He foresees a great finish for me, one in which i leave a legacy of faith, significance and greatness to the benefit of others. But… it’s contingent on my relentless pursuit to stick to the story as it’s written.

God Wrote A Book About me! Part 1

i have worked long and hard on realizing who i am in Christ and how much He loves and wants me, to fulfil my destiny of having a personal, intimate and eternal relationship with Him. Then if… no, as He desires i can fulfill my earthly purpose here on earth as well. i am not surprised that God desires and wants me, after all He created me. He specifically designed me and has mapped out an entire plan prior to my actual birth. As the psalmist David said, “You saw me before i was born. Everyday of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” Psalm 139:16 Don’t get confused, it is His book, but it is all about me.

i am realizing more and more each day that this is a book written about my life… yes the Bible is a book about my life. i have always thought of it as a book of short stories about others who have gone before and made a way for me. i have also thought of it as THE book about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. But i am becoming aware that it’s a book about me. Sometimes a manual for me to follow. Other times a story book to capture my attention. Then other times a book filled with dreams and stories of what is possible for me. This brings an element of excitement to my reading of this book. I often like to see what lies ahead… yet other times not so much.

I must admit that the questions about my life’s bad choices, bumps, bruises, and wrecks seem hard to imagine as something God would write about or plan for my life. Then again He left “decisions” to me and it’s those decisions that cause most of the bumps, bruises, and wrecks. Right now i’m recalling the story of the little train that could. i think i can, i think i can, i think i can. i can read the book, and i think i can, i think i can, choose to follow the story and believe in what is written. Even in the midst of bumps, bruises and wrecks God wrote repentance and restoration into the story of my life. He knew i’d need it!

Here’s one of the greatest things i have read about in my story. God knew what manner of evil would try to overtake me, He knew all the tribulation and adversity i would suffer and He made paths for me to escape and even come out as more than a conqueror and… He calls me an “overcomer.” Hebrews 12:1 says that i run with endurance the race that has been set before me.

The book, the story says, that i run the race and live out this story of my life relentlessly, and in doing so finish strong.

When Push Comes To Shove… Being an Ass

i know, i know, i know, the title is out of character for me but it fits in so many ways. i guess just like push comes to shove it was lingering deep down somewhere. It is the animals real name at least that’s what it’s called in the Bible. When push comes to shove it’s in some way two people being stubborn and donkeys are stubborn or at least they are portrayed that way. Then this is the last day of this topic and to make my conclusion short and simple… well the title says it clearly.

The Triumphant Donkey – The Day After (Matthew 21:1-22)

The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride.

He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. I’ll show myself to them, he thought.  But they didn’t notice him. They went on drawing their water and paid him no mind.

Throw your garments down, he said crossly. Don’t you know who I am? They just looked at him in amazement. Someone slapped him across the tail and ordered him to move.

Miserable heathens! he muttered to himself. I ll just go to the market where the good people are. They will remember me. But the same thing happened. No one paid any attention to the donkey as he strutted down the main street in front of the market place.

The palm branches! Where are the palm branches! he shouted. Yesterday, you threw palm branches! Hurt and confused, the donkey returned home to his mother.

Foolish child, she said gently. Don’t you realize that without Him, you are just an ordinary donkey?

Without Him all that’s left is to “Push and Shove” for my position and place in this world.

When Push Comes To Shove… A Dangerous Look

When “push comes to shove” who am i and what am i going to believe? myself or circumstances. myself or a co-worker, a well dressed lie or my Father?

i find that when i ask these types of questions i am struggling with my identity and i’m searching for a sense of myself. The irony is that the more i seek to identify who  i am, the more fragile i feel about myself. my emphasis shouldn’t be on discovering who i am (what is buried beneath) but on facilitating the emergence of who i’d like to be.

my identity should be seen as an ongoing process. Rather than a snapshot, i should embrace a free-flowing sense of self, whereby i am perpetually re-framing,  re-organizing, re-thinking and re-considering myself. How different would life be if rather than asking who am i, i contemplated how i’d  like to engage life and learn from my mistakes.

As i engage the deepening complexity of understanding myself, i am trying to devote myself to the unfolding process of life, becoming more aware of my thoughts, not reacting out of old habits, but crafting my life.

i thought i was at the other end of the identity spectrum where i claimed to know myself very well. To think i know myself so well leaves no room for growth. Even more, it may suggest a deep vulnerability that is being hidden – as if it were too dangerous to take a closer look.

To become intimately aware of my thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears is obviously good for me. The key is to engage my sense of self more like a willow tree than a sturdy oak. The  willow is flexible and survives the storm as it bends with the wind, whereas the more rigid oak is more likely to crack.

The goal is to access the potential, keeping the parts of my identity that continue to serve me well and shedding the old, habitual pieces that constrain me. This permits me to enter into a relationship with myself that commits to my personal growth.

i have looked at myself over the past week and i have concluded that there was some “when push comes to shove” in me or i would not have done what i did. Today i am focused on getting that out of me… or let me say, getting some portion of that out of me so i never feel as yukie as i did. i know better and i expect better of myself. There is nothing that is more important than relationships at what ever level they exist. There are no coincidental relationships, i believe they are all divine appointments and let me close by adding, they are not all there to serve me or give me what i think i need or want.

When Push Comes To Shove… Infant Ways

General Eisenhower would demonstrate the art of leadership with a piece of string. He’d put it on a table and say: “PULL it and it will follow wherever you wish. PUSH it and it will go nowhere at all. It’s just that way when it comes to leading people. They need to follow a person who is leading by example.”

1 Corinthians 13 – would be leading by example, not when push comes to shove. This is a continuation from yesterday.

ed if you speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, (which i try to do) and ed if you have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, ( there have been an attempt or two) but you don’t love, you’re nothing. ed if you give everything you own (i give a lot) to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr( not burned at stake), but you don’t love, you’ve gotten nowhere. So, in conclusion no matter what i say, what i believe, and what i do, i am bankrupt (at the end of my resources; lacking) without love.

ed, love never gives up. Never gives up on what? That i can change someone’s mind or direction? Or, on God working all things together for my good?

ed, love cares more for others than for self. But what if i am taken advantage of, what if i am hurt? Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. But what about hoping and desiring more? Is that taboo? Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t strut, love doesn’t have a swelled head, What about being confident? Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t force itself on others, What about leading and being a good negotiator? Excuse!

ed, love isn’t always “me first,” Somebody has to be so why not me? Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t fly off the handle, Just a moment not how i usually am? The word says to not let the sun go down on my anger, so i’ve got time. Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, No but i can learn from their past, right? Excuse!

ed, love doesn’t revel when others grovel, It’s not reveling if i’m just celebrating my victory? Excuse!

ed, love takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Well truth is in the mind of the beholder, right? Excuse!

ed, love puts up with anything, Really… but when is enough, enough? Excuse!

love trusts God always, love always looks for the best, love never looks back, and ed, love keeps going to the end. i know, i know, i know, but?

Love never dies. That means that love is always the right way to deal with life and the people in it. Excuse… No Truth!

Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit.

ed you know only a portion of the truth, and what you say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, your incompletes will be canceled. ed, when you were an infant at your mother’s breast, you gurgled and cooed like any infant. When you grew up, you were to leave those infant ways for good.

ed, you don’t yet see things clearly. you’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! You’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees you, knowing him directly just as he knows you! But for right now, until that completeness, ed, you have three things to do to lead you toward that consummation: ed, trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly.

A closing story of When Push Comes To Shove.

The only opening manager of a large department store, was in a rush when they had two no shows and one late arrival. While in the office trying to call some workers in, they notice a customer waiting in line at the returns counter. They hang up the phone and run over to where she’s standing.

Manager: “Sorry, ma’am, it’s been a hectic morning.”

Customer: “You’d better be. I’ve been waiting here for over half an hour!”

Manager: *puzzled* “I’m sorry, I don’t think that’s possible.”

Customer: “Yes, it is. I’ve been waiting here!”

Manager: “It’s only 8:07 am. We opened at 8:00 am.”

Customer: “Over ten minutes, then!”

When push comes to shove things deep inside me are capable of coming out and surprising me and simply explaining it by saying “that’s not me normally is not sufficient.”

When Push Comes To Shove… Afraid of Love

i know the name Jerry Garcia only because my son gave me two Jerry Garcia ties for Christmas. So needless to say i have never listened to his music, never heard the following song, read or heard it’s words before today. But… it brings another point to ponder regarding “When push comes to shove.”

“When Push Comes to Shove”Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia Copyright Ice Nine Publishing;

Shaking in the desert, wherefore do you cry? Here there may be rattlesnakes to punch you in the eye Shotguns full of silver, bullets made of glass, String barbed wire at your feet and do not let you pass When Push Comes To Shove, you’re afraid of love.

When Push Comes To Shove When Push Comes To Shove You’re afraid of love When Push Comes To Shove

Shaking in the bedroom, covers on your head Cringing like a baby at the hand beneath the bed Phantom in the closet, scratching at the door The latest mystery killer that you saw on channel four When Push Comes To Shove, you’re afraid of love.

Shaking in the garden, the fear within you grows Here there may be roses to punch you in the nose Twist their arms around you, slap you till you cry, Wrap you in their sweet perfume and love you till you die When Push Comes To Shove, you’re afraid of love.

When Push Comes To Shove When Push Comes To Shove You’re afraid of love When Push Comes To Shove.

Could it be that i get to “When push comes to shove” because i’m afraid of love? Am i afraid that God does not love me enough to show up on my behalf so i have to push and then my push turns into shoving? Or… more personally am i afraid to love the one i’m pushing and shoving against?

There is a presumption on my part that the infraction of rules, is on their part. That may or may not be true. The infraction of the rules may actually be on my part and they are pushing back, then i push back, then they shove, then i shove and the game is in on. There is a face off, a pushing against one another until one of us can kick the ball to our teammate and resume the game, and…  by the way, i know… God is on my side!

But back to the idea that i may be afraid of love. The word equips me for all life so i’ll go to the most quoted, the most known, the most often used words to describe love in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 13 – and since i am considering my possible fear of love i’ll personalize the verses.

ed if you speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and ed if you have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but you don’t love, you’re nothing. ed if you give everything you own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but you don’t love, you’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what you say, what you believe, and what you do, ed, you’re bankrupt without love.

ed, love never gives up. ed, love cares more for others than for self. ed, love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. ed, love doesn’t strut, ed, love doesn’t have a swelled head, ed, love doesn’t force itself on others, ed, love isn’t always “me first,” ed, love doesn’t fly off the handle, ed, love doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, ed, love doesn’t revel when others grovel, ed, love takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, ed, love puts up with anything, love trusts God always, love always looks for the best, love never looks back, and ed, love keeps going to the end.

Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. ed you know only a portion of the truth, and what you say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, your incompletes will be canceled. ed, when you were an infant at your mother’s breast, you gurgled and cooed like any infant. When you grew up, you were to leave those infant ways for good.

ed, you don’t yet see things clearly. you’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! You’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees you, knowing him directly just as he knows you! But for right now, until that completeness, ed, you have three things to do to lead you toward that consummation: ed, trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

More to come. i don’t want to throw some scripture at this who idea just to see what sticks.

When Push Comes To Shove…

DO AND SAY – Two brothers once lived this way; One was Do, the other was Say. If the streets were dirty, the taxes high, or the schools were crowded, Say would cry, “My what a town!” But his brother Do would get to work and make things new. While Do worked, Say would cry, “He does it wrong. I know that I Could do it right!” So all day people heard the cry of brother Say. But this one fact was never hid; Say always talked; Do always did!

i shared that because i have great concern that i listen to information (God information) all the time and my concern is that i Talk a lot about it but never Do it with the intention of it changing my life.

Ever since last week the statement or more likely this question has filled my mind. “When push comes to shove.” See it sounds at first like a statement but when it keeps repeating itself it becomes a question. i find that interesting as everyone knows i am trying to not ask questions and simply live my way into answers, but this statement is trying to over-ride that. When push comes to shove,” what will i do, or what do i do, what should i do, what have i done in the past and what will i do tomorrow?

What does “When push comes to shove” mean? Here we go! When matters must be confronted, when a crucial point is reached i would be in a push comes to shove situation. my first though goes to “when matters must be confronted.” Are there matters that must be confronted by me? Well… the answer is yes. But… the answer may be no. Don’t i have some matters i must confront as a part of life. Other matters, and i would say probably the more important matters, the answer may be no.

When push comes to shove, is from rugby, where, after an infraction of rules, forwards from each team face off and push against one another until one player can kick the ball to a teammate and resume the game.

By definition and that explanation i can a test that experienced a push comes to shove last week. An infraction of rules occurred and the forward from each team faced off and pushed against each other. The weekend began with me still pushing against the other one, still trying to kick the ball to a teammate where the game could continue… in my “favor.” Gladly i can say it did not consume the week-end and i stopped pushing.

i found myself, asking myself, how did i get to this place of pushing. i got there when it appeared to me that all the easy solutions to a problem had not worked, and so something must be done.

When push comes to shove i also attempt to bring people into agreement with my point of view, get them on my team and… they feel pressured to agree. They then say things like, “when things get a little pressed; when the situation gets more active or intense. When push comes to shove, you know I’ll be on your side.” This may be a true or false statement, depending on whether they have counted the cost of being on my side.

When push comes to shove, what will come out of me, and where will it come from?

This story is from someone who works as a security guard at a major retailer in the mall. One of their duties is to pre-lock the store at the end of the night. They leave the middle door unlocked for customers to exit while locking the side doors. While finishing the lock up, a customer runs up and tries to exit the store.

Customer: “You’re not locking me in here! You’re not even closed yet!”

Me: “Sir, we only pre-lock. If you just—”

Customer: “No, you are a worthless, fake mall cop. Did you even graduate high school? Now, let me out!” *keeps pulling on the door*

Me: “Sir, you just need to—”

Customer: “I said, open the door! I want your manager!”

Me: “No problem, sir.” *calls store manager*

Manager: *comes up on the scene* “What seems to be the issue?”

Customer: “He won’t let me out of the building. I am a paying customer and I demand to be let out.”

Manager: *turns to me* “What is the problem?”

Me: “He was trying to pull open a push door.”

Customer: *pushes open the door* “Oh, I erm, uh…” *leaves sheepishly*

When push comes to shove! “Oh, i erm, uh…” *i leave sheepishly*

Fifty Words or Less…

i have a different direction for today. Jesus summarized His life in only two verses. Thirty years in just two verses… Luke 2:51-52 And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was [habitually] obedient to them; and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man.

Psalm 5:12 Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround me with your favor as with a shield.

So rather than me posting a few words today, let me ask a question of you as a reader. If you had to summarize your life in fifty words or less, what would be important enough to include?

i will share some thoughts on Jesus summary. Jesus being my example i am concluding rightly or wrongly that “the favor of God” is important and i can’t eliminate the rest of the verse that says, “and man.” Noah found favor and saved himself and his family. Moses found favor and led the Israelites to freedom. Joseph, Ruth, Nehemiah, David all found favor. Webster’s says that favor is the state of being approved or held in regard, excessive kindness or unfair partiality, a gift bestowed as a token of goodwill. So finding favor is or appears to be important.

God wants to bless me, assist me and give me preferential treatment and special advantages in my life. When i am enjoying God’s favor, He also increases my favor with other people. Proverbs 16:7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Favor makes a difference.

So back to the original idea of today’s post. If you had to summarize your life in fifty words or less, what would be important enough to include?

Now i know or so it seems at the moment that this has nothing to do with today’s post, but… i am led to include it, Proverbs 16:1 THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.