Man, I feel stupid: Proverbs 30:2-4
Surely I am too stupid to be a man. I have not the understanding of a man. I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know! Sadly, I wasn't bold enough this morning to post this entire passage to my Facebook page: I wimped out with only the rhetorical questions from verse 4: "Who has ascended ... gathered the wind ... wrapped up the waters ... established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely, you know! I do know, and so do you. Don't you? Really, I wanted to post it all, especially that first part. That passage leaped off the page at me, like most of them do. This time it reminded me of who I am. I am wretched, and I shouldn't be ashamed to admit it....