Where Can Wisdom be Found?

While my husband and I spent time in Arizona this winter, I discovered a creative writers' group that met weekly.  One of the exercises we did was to write down a word or phrase on a pieces of paper, toss them into a hat and then, we would write for a specified time - three to ten minutes - on that particular word or phrase. We had to write  continuously without taking our pen from the paper.  No time to think, imagine, or plot.  Just write.  Another exercise was  to write a poem - rhyming or not.  I wrote this poem adapted from Job 28.

"Where Can Wisdom be Found?"

Where can wisdom be found?  And where is the place of understanding?

Man does not know its value - nor is it found in the land of the living.

The deep says, "It is not in me."  The rolling sea says, "It is not with me."

Pure gold cannot be given in exchange - nor can silver be weighed as its price.

Diamonds or sapphires cannot equal it; coral and crystal cannot acquire it.

Where then does wisdom come from?  And where is the place of understanding?
Mann cannot comprehend it - it is hidden in the land of the living.

There is a mine for silver - there's a refiner to purify gold.

Rocks are a source of sapphires, and its dust contains gold.

The path no bird of prey knows - the falcon's eye caught sight of it.

Where can wisdom be found?  And where is he place of understanding?

It is concealed from the birds of the sky - it is hidden from the eyes of the living.

God understands its way - He knows it place.

He looks to the ends of the earth - He sees everything under the sun.

He said to man, "The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom!"

And to depart from evil, that is understanding!"

This was a fun writing exercise that taught me that when I hit a writer's block, if I pick a word or phrase and just write whatever comes to mind for a set amount of time, it breaks up the writer's block like dynamite blows apart a mountain.

So,no more excuses for not writing because of writer's!

Rita Kroon