On a whim…

How did the tree get lost in the woods?
He couldn’t find his route.

We may not be trees, but we spend a lot of time searching for a way forward. Sometimes the best choice is simply to pick a direction and start moving. Other times, when we’re truly lost, the wiser course is to stop, sit down, and take stock.

That’s the trouble with life: for almost every situation, there’s more than one plausible answer. Knowledge alone doesn’t always point the way. We need wisdom.

But what is wisdom? I believe it grows out of knowledge and experience together. Yet sometimes it comes as more than the sum of those parts. Sometimes Providence stirs the pot, and God lays a finger in the pudding. And when He does, a path we never imagined clears before us—one that leads not to despair, but to surprising and blessed results.