Through Wisdom: Righteousness, Freedom, Beauty
A couple of years ago I was thinking about a slogan for my family. A verse from James came to mind. James 3:13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. The word “good” there is the Greek word kalos . It commonly means beautiful like in the word calligraphy, which means beautiful writing. The “calli” comes from kalos , if that wasn’t obvious. The idea is that wisdom produces a beautiful life. The idea of living a beautiful life sounded like a really good goal for me and my family. So I started thinking about how I could capture this idea in a short but meaningful statement. I added a few related, key elements to give it some meat. Through Wisdom: Righteousness, Freedom, Beauty Thinking through it, the beginning of wisdom is fearing the Lord according to Proverbs, making our relationship to God foundational. Wisdom leads us to God. Then once we have a relationship with Him it informs how we should live e