WHAT IS TRUE WISDOM?

What is true wisdom?  That is the first thing that came to 

my mind after I felt astonished, shocked, overwhelmed 

and filled with sorrow. 

As I was working at the office today we got word

that my nephew by marriage had been in an 

accident.   The family wasn't sure if 

he was going to pull through.  

Can you imagine the horror or finding

your mate laying in a pile of blood

with their entire body mauled by 

an animal?  

He had walked outside looking for 

their small dog and the neighbors dog

came over and nearly killed him.  

The news came, his toes and fingers

are intact and the dog didn't get his 

eyes.  This was the only good news 

that we was hearing as the rest of 

the news was that of devastation.  

The neighbors dog tore over four

feet of his flesh.  Can you even

imagine getting one foot of your

flesh torn to shreds?  Were not 

talking about a few bites, we are 

talking about his entire body being 

torn with gashes from top to bottom.  

Now, let me reflect back a month or 

so ago when my sister was attacked 

by a very large dog.  She was pretty

angry because she had to get 11 stitches

on the arm pit of her arm going down 

toward the elbow. 

She asked the owners to get rid of the dog.

You would have thought they would have

gladly gotten rid of the dog but instead, 

they got rid of their friendship with 

her.  She was told she was over reacting.

The fight continued because when my

sister believes she right she sticks to her

beliefs unless proven wrong.  

I seen a post on the families page 

that said they wanted to give the dog

away to someone.  They said, he's not 

child friendly as they had seen with 

the one child they had and also had

another one fixing to be delivered.  

Also stated that the dog gets jealous 

and is very protective.  

So they knew the dog was not child

friendly and was very protective 

because this was not the first time

this dog had attacked and the dog

had been deemed as dangerous.  Yet 

they were angry when my sister stood 

her ground and insisted they get rid 

of the dog.  She didn't just insist, 

she told them if they didn't get 

rid of the dog, she would sue

them.  

Sometimes drastic measures 

must be taken when there is 

danger to a child or even

another person.  It's one thing

to have a dog and endanger your

own life but it's totally different

if you let the dog threaten

someone else's life. 

Their friendship is totally broken and 

every family member who has been

like family to her for probably 30 years 

has all cut off their friendship.  

Now, for my opinion.  True wisdom is 

standing up and fighting with every 

ounce of your being to save the life

of one of those children, even if 

it cost you your friendship and the

pain is so great from losing those 

friends.  

True wisdom is not thinking 

selfishly and giving in to their anger

and frustration of having to get rid 

of this family pet whom they loved

so dearly.  

True wisdom is taking the hard 

road and probably saving someones

life.  It is not always easy to use

true wisdom but after hearing the

news of my nephew, I say my

sister deserves a round of applause 

for taking a stand and holding it out 

to the very end.  

I would rather them be mad and have

listened to her than to have insisted 

they keep the dog and then one day 

find one of their children or a friend

lying in a heap of blood and then being

so angry with themselves for not 

listening to the voice of truth. 

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, 

that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 19:20