James 1:5-6

"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God..."

We all lack wisdom, don't we? We are flawed, incomplete, broken individuals who live in a corrupted world. We don't know why things happen, or what to do when they happen to us. We don't have answers to our questions much of the time. When we think we do have answers, sometimes our solutions end up being wrong ones, and we get more hurt in the end. This passage says to me that in any and every situation, our first thought should be -- ASK. Ask our Father for help and direction, before we make any other move. So often in our lives, we run ahead of our Lord, thinking we know what to do, and forget to just wait. Breathe, and listen. As Paula wrote in her post, one of the four answers to prayer can be slow. Don't be so quick to jump into action. Wait for God to move, and follow where He leads. I think we'd all be surprised at how much wisdom we can obtain by simply watching.