Tag: wisdom

DONKEYS CAN BE WISER THAN MEN

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DONKEYS CAN BE WISER THAN MEN

Balaam & his wise donkey


People make fun of donkeys, but even a donkey can be wiser than a man who’s without GOD.

Numbers 22:22-35

Balaam’s journey is thwarted by God’s angel, who can be seen first only by Balaam’s donkey. The donkey is given, not only eyes to see, but speech to awaken Balaam to the threat.

The story of the talking donkey is a humorous way to let the reader know that Balaam, who will describe himself as “one whose eyes are open” (Numbers 24:3) does not actually see the spiritual realm clearly. God must open the eyes of their hearts for men to see the spiritual realm as clearly as his donkey does.

Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

By Donna Bowles
AKA Dee Biggins
November, 25, 2025

PEARLS ARE THE PRODUCT OF PAIN

Jesus, Yahsuha, YHWH

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By Donna Bowles

AKA Dee Biggins

August 25, 2020

PEARLS ARE THE PRODUCT OF PAIN

The oyster and its pearl.
Pearls are the product of pain. For some unknown reason, the shell of the oyster gets pierced and an alien substance-a grain of sand-slips inside. On the entry of that foreign irritant, all the resources within the tiny, sensitive oyster rush to the spot and begin to release healing fluids that otherwise would have remained dormant. By and by the irritant is covered and the wound is healed and a pearl is born.

No other gem has so fasci-
nating a history. It is the symbol of stress-a healed wound… a precious, tiny jewel conceived through irritation, born of adversity, nursed by adjustments. Had there been no wounding, no irritating or interruption,
there could have been no pearl.

Some oysters are never wounded… and those who seek for gems toss them aside, fit only for stew.


J. B. Phillips must have realized this as he paraphrased James 1:2-4:
When all kinds of trials crowd into your lives, my brothers.
don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends!
Realize that they have come to test your endurance. Let the
process go on until that endurance is fully developed, and you will find you have become men and women of mature character.

~Regarding Wisdom~

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“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
~John C. Maxwell~

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