Wisdom at the cross roads

We are all on a journey and our path follows many crossroads and hills and valleys. In Proverbs 8 Wisdom is depicted as a woman that stands at the gates of the city and at the crossroads crying out to the people to impart her message:  

Proverbs 8

Does not wisdom cry out,
And understanding lift up her voice?
² She takes her stand on the top of the high hill,
Beside the way, where the paths meet.
³ She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors:
⁴ “To you, O men, I call,
And my voice is to the sons of men.
⁵ O you simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
⁶ Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
⁷ For my mouth will speak truth;
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
⁸ All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
⁹ They are all plain to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.
¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choice gold;
¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies,
And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.

A few things stood out for me from this:

• Wisdom stands at the gates of the city and the entrance of the doors, beside the way, at the crossroads,  and on the hill.  She is not hiding she is standing on the pathways of life where we all regularly travel.  So we can hardly miss her. 
  
• She very much makes herself visible and is not quiet either - she cries out to us.
• She speaks excellent truth and right things - no wickedness, crooked or perverse things is spoken by her.  
• He Words are plain truths - not difficult and impossible to understand
• Her Words and instructions are better than gold and silver and rubies
• Nothing can be compared with the value of Wisdom
  

 And then verse 10 says - "Receive my instruction"  - Through the Holy Spirit, Wisdom shares with us all her best treasures.  In 1 Corinthians 12 we read that Wisdom is a gift of the Holy Spirit - we just need to receive... lets open our hearts to receive Wisdom, as revealed to us, as we travel on our daily paths for it is here on the ways most often traveled, at the gates and the doors and the crossroads of life that She is waiting, crying and wanting to give us understanding.  

 What treasures of Wisdom are there for us to be discovered this week?  Let us listen....

Be still - Selah