“Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge over pure gold.  For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.  Nothing you desire can be compared with it.”  -Proverbs 8:10-11

If I could get all the youth of the world to understand these words and apply them, education would not be an issue.  Bullying would cease to be a national discussion topic, and the crisis of our urban communities would slowly vanish away.

The reason I speak about the youth, and I mean ages 6-12, is because people are constantly telling me to write off any body that is a teenager or older, because they are a lost cause.  I don’t want to believe it, and I am truly an optimist, but the more I live and the more I see, the more those nay-sayers are becoming true.

So what are we to do?  What are we to say to our youth or better yet, everyone?  I believe we need to encourage all who live and breath to read and understand, and then apply these words of wisdom.  Why?  Because all the people I know are tying to obtain a piece of what’s in verse 18.

Verse 18 says, “Unending riches, honor, wealth, and justice are mine to distribute.”

Be wise.