Aw, that’s a great story about your encounter with the young lady. You sound more like a Golden Retriever now than a Rottweiler. 🙂

I’m with you, June! 🙂

A number of years ago now i worked in an after school club, for children aged 5-8 years. One evening they decided that all the staff should be a dog and they chose a breed for all of us, which amused everyone – they said i was a Rottweiler, which about sums up how others see me at times. I put to having to be in charge and look like i was at work!
Recently a younger woman at church was having problems and i over heard her speaking to others and felt i could give her some counsel. Not sure how she would take it as i didn’t know her very well, i spoke slowly and paused a lot. A few days later she openly told me that i was very kind – i don’t think anyone could have said anything greater to me about me.

Who am I to question Calvin – ha! I agree that the “two are connected.” I’m certain in the full context of this quote he is talking about something much higher than my understanding, however, I would go out on a limb and say that God’s Wisdom gives birth to ours.

Thanks, June. And I’m glad you mentioned that about Calvin’s quote…I hesitated even using it because I don’t totally agree with it either. In all fairness to him, I think there was more to the quote…

“Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.”

But that seemed too dense to include. ha. And yes, #4 does seem particularly relevant to me, too, because without using what we learn, what’s the point? Thanks for your insights!

You bring up an interesting point, Beverley: I’m now curious if most people would rate us the same number that we rate ourselves…. I’m guessing that many of us are harder on ourselves, as it sounds like you are about yourself. 🙂

Thanks, Lori. You’re so encouraging. I appreciate your heart for spreading hope to so many of us!

Thanks for that insight, Kelly. I do need to look further into distinguishing between 1 and 5. Another guy at the conference was also torn between these two. I’m still going back and forth in my mind between them. 🙂 I’ll have to do more research (which makes me feel like I’m really a 5? ha).

A “3”, huh? So you’re a mover and shaker who gets things done! 🙂 The world definitely needs our 3s. I love this stuff, too…and agree that it does give us more glimpses of God’s face!