“…if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God …and it will be given to him” (James 1:5).
In an ancient legend, a young eastern king desires to be a good and wise ruler and reign over his people according to the Will of God. He summons the wisest people of his realm and instructs them to gather all the world’s wisdom into books so that he can learn how to be the best of all possible kings. The wise people obediently do as the king directed. It is a tremendous task and they labor for years putting all that wisdom into books. Finally, a huge camel caravan bearing thousands of volumes comes to the king’s palace. Whereupon, the king, now middle-aged, looks at the thousands of books loaded on the camels and says, “I am too busy now to read so many books. Take them away and condense them for me.” The work of condensing all the books to a mere five…
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