Experiences Grow Wisdom

Experiences are the stones used as a foundation for wisdom. Each of us has a cart full of stones that we drag behind us, until at some point we stop and decide to use the stones to build our house. Everyday new stones are added to the cart, and decisions must be made. All of us have met a person who seems to be dragging a massive load of rocks and cannot seem to use them for growth; rather they are bound by them and continually weighted down. Each of us, as we go through life decide which stones to carry and which to use to build and grow. I encourage any who read these words to choose to use your experiences to grow.

I have had a very full life for one so young. When i say a full life i simply mean large rocks. For some the term 'rock' is unfit, rather a boulder cut from the mount of heaven that has fallen on my back. But these are the greatest stones. They are stable and strong when used to build the house that is my life.

There is a nursery school song that contains profound wisdom. It tells of two men who are building houses one chooses the sand as a foundation the other chooses a rock. The storms blew in and washed the house on the sand away. however the house on the rock stands fast. Now the question is in your minds eye what kind of rock did he build on? Pebbles? Stones? Boulders? or perhaps the mountain itself?
Which are the most stable? With this in mind choose carefully what you build your house on. Small emotional stones rarely serve as a good foundation. In the same way a life of logic and 'pure' thought is merely a stone thrown in a pond.

The stones that make the best foundations are those trials and pains that God ordains for our growth. Growing is not fun. Pain is inevitable if you desire to be shaped into a wiser more Christ-like person.