2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
         Incline your heart to understanding;
    3For if you cry for discernment,
         Lift your voice for understanding;
    4If you seek her as silver
         And search for her as for hidden treasures;
    5Then you will discern the fear of the LORD
         And discover the knowledge of God.
    6For the LORD gives wisdom;
         From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. (all highlighting and emphasis mine)

Do you believe this? I was sitting at my table having my devotions this AM and I saw these verses. These were not my daily reading verses, these just "lept out" so to speak.

    I sat in awe for a moment, just chewing on the word of the Lord. These verses rained down on me like HOT fire and consumed my thoughts!

   The Lord ministered to me and pricked my heart with these verses.

If you are anything like me the drudgery of the day can overwhelm me. All the cooking, cleaning, schooling, training, and just plain living can take all my attention and energy! The LITTLE things just sap me dry (remember my all licked shut blog) and I am empty.

   These verses reminded my of why I get up before the children. :)

   These verses tell me that I am to seek these things and the Lord like hidden treasure. Did you watched National Treasure? It was about this family that gave their LIFE/lives to find this treasure. People mocked them, laughed at them and they were really considered NUTS! In the end they, of course, they found the treasure.They were HAILED victorious!

   I think I need to be like these nuts in the movie. Searching and going into the scriptures DAILY. Looking and getting "dirty" for the Lord.

   The Lord gives is what the last verses say. In the END at the END of my journey, when I have finished the treasure hunt (race) the Lord will give me what I have so earnestly sought!

   I just need to continue to be diligent to seek Him and His ways like treasure.

Lord,  from 5 min to 2 hours, whenever I seek You, you give me blessings and treasures here on earth. I can only imagine the WONDERFULNESS and AWESOMENESS of heaven! What JOYS and gifts You have in store for those who love you and seek YOU!

   May all I do bring you glory and may I love you FAITHFULLY and DILIGENTLY!