I just read an amazing quote in the Bible (Luke 7:35). It's Jesus speaking and he said, hehem "Wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it". It just struck me that wise sayings and clever truth's are just words unless we prove them to be right through actions. It's so true, you can't argue wisdom, you can only demonstrate it. I could present you with a million reasons why it's important to exercise (and believe me i could, i'm always trying to convince people who come to my aerobics classes that losing weight is not the only reason to exercise) but it's not until this conventional wisdom has been proven to be true in the lives of others that we accept it as wisdom.

Advertiser's know this....that's why all adverts today come backed up with some clinical study or staggering percentage of agreement that what they are saying to you is true! Didn't you know that 96.5% of women agree that moisturising cream feels nice? How can you deny such wisdom when it has been proven to be true in 96.5% of women's lives!!! You MUST go to town and buy some immediately!

Interesting though, how more effecting this proof of wisdom is when it is demonstrated in the lives of people we know (or think we know). Every advertiser knows that their advert will be EVEN more effective if they can get a celebrity to say the product worked for them.....we take one look at their airbrushed faces and we just have to have it. But how much more convinced are we when someone we actually know uses a product and they can tell us, and indeed we can see for ourselves, the difference it has made.

How much more then do our lives need to demonstrate and prove the wisdom we believe. We tell our children that it is better to share, that they should accept apologies, that they shouldn't eat too many sweeties. We insist that they be kind to one another and not exclude other children. We encourage them to be grateful for what they have and to obey the rules which make life run smoothly and fairly for everyone. And yet so often our days are spent selfishly focused on making our way in the world DESPITE everyone else instead of alongside everyone else.

Jesus said a lot of wise things when he was on the earth but unfortunately the Christian church in it's many forms has not always demonstrated this wisdom in it's actions. There are a few people on this earth who prove the wisdom of God to be right because they follow it in their lives......i hope i can be one of them.