Day 806 – Accept Whom God Made You – Loving Yourself – Wisdom Wednesday

February 21, 2018 by H. Guthrie Chamberlain, III 1 Comment

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 806 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Accept Whom God Made You – Loving Yourself – Wisdom Wednesday

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 806 of our trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. We continue this Wednesday to explore our trek of interpreting life through a Biblical Worldview. As a Christ follower, it is important to view all situations and events in life through the lens of the Bible. That is a view of the world that is aligned with what the Bible teaches us.

We are exploring current issues that impact our world and society and comparing them through the lens of the Bible, instead of the lens of our society, culture, modern media, or social media. I do not desire to tell you what to think, but teach you how to think so that you may be able to filter current issues and events through your Biblical Worldview. I may explore opposing views and challenge you to think. You may not always agree with my view, and that is okay. I am open to any comments that you may have on the subjects that we explore.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. On today’s trek, we will return to our discussion from two weeks ago. The information we are exploring is from a web interview in The Christian Post with Nancy Pearcey, a former agnostic who teaches at Houston Baptist University.

Nancy recently published a book titled Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality. I will continue to share some of the insights from this interview as it closely aligns with my Biblical worldview on the core concept about the sanctity of life. If you would like an in-depth analysis of this topic, I recommend that you purchase Nancy Pearcey’s book I mentioned earlier.

So our topic today is…

Accept Whom God Made You – Loving Yourself

Today’s topic is a controversial one for some, even within the Christian community, as we discuss same-sex relationships and transgenderism. This is particularly close to my heart because I have close family members who have chosen a same-sex lifestyle, including marriage. They are Christ followers with sincere beliefs that God’s Word does allow for or permits this choice.

With years of in-depth study of God’s Word, I have come to two conclusions within my Biblical worldview about sexuality and marriage. First is that sex outside your own marriage, regardless of gender preference, is not in line with God’s precepts. Secondly, that marriage should only be between a man and a woman for life.

My relationship with these family members or with anyone who has made choices contrary to my Biblical Worldview does not impact my love for them. My love is unconditional, just as God’s love is for all of us. Yes, from a Biblical perspective, I do not agree with their choices, but it is their choice. And I will not condemn or judge their choices. They alone must answer to God for their choices, just as I must answer for all the choices that I make. I am sure there are choices that I make which, according to others, would not be in agreement with their worldview.

Before we explore a few thoughts that Nancy Pearcey shares in her interview and book Love Thy Body, I will share some of the basis for my Biblical worldview on this topic.

First, every reference to marriage in God’s Word is always between a man and a woman, there are no exceptions. Marriage was established in Genesis from the very beginning of creation.

“This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one,” Genesis 2:24. This phrase is also repeated in Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7, and Ephesians [5:31].

Secondly, as Pearcey writes, which I agree with “After all, no one really denies that on the level of biology, physiology, and anatomy, males and females are counterparts to one another. That’s the way the human sexual and reproductive system is designed. So when someone adopts a same-sex identity or transgenderism, they are contradicting their own biological design. Implicitly they are saying, ‘Why should my body inform my psychological identity? Why should my biological sex as male or female have any say in my moral choices?’”

Because of my Biblical Worldview, I don’t agree with family members or others who have chosen a same-sex identity and lifestyle. Although, after many hours of in-depth discussion and study, I am convinced and understand that certain men and women are physically, psychologically, and emotionally drawn towards persons of their own sex. It is built into their genetic makeup.

That being understood, we are all prone to certain attractions and preferences which may or may not be in aligned with God’s Word. To act on that preference is still a choice, which is made by those individuals. We all have predilections towards certain types of individuals which we are attracted to, but it is not always Biblical or wise to act on those desires with our choices.

So the questions for us as Christ-followers is “Should those who make those lifestyle choices, which we may not agree with, be treated unfairly or with biases?” Certainly not. We all violate God’s precepts in certain areas of our lives. We need to be very careful when we become judgmental of others because their sins are different than our own. We would all do well to consider the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:1-5, “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.”

My third point of contention covers both same-sex attractions and especially transgenderism. God created each of us as either male or female, and we are designed to complement and mutually assist each other physically, psychologically, emotionally, and spiritually. This is God’s design from the beginning of His creation of humans. Genesis 2:18 says, “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.’” God made each of us either male or female by design for His purpose. To make choices that are contrary to the way God created us, as I see it through my Biblical Worldview, is to say that God made a mistake. As the Prophet, Isaiah told the nation of Israel in Isaiah [29:16]…

How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn’t make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?

To change the way God has designed you is to say that you are not pleased with God’s plan for you. This is discontentment because you desire to change who God made you to be.

To put this into a context of another scenario, let me use a personal example. I am 5’ 4”, which is quite short for a man, especially in today’s western societies. Would it be nice to be 6’ or 6’ 6” in height? I believe most men would think so. In our culture, tallness equates to being manlier. When I was going through puberty, I could have been injected with growth hormones, but that is not how God designed me. I am completely content with who I am because God made me as I am for His distinct and unique purpose. We should be content with how God designed our physical bodies and our gender, so we can fulfill our God-given potential. 1 Timothy 6:6-7, “Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it.”

Nancy Pearcy has this to say in her interview, “Ultimately our view of the body and sexuality rests on our view of nature. The secular worldview starts with a Darwinian assumption that nature is the product of blind, undirected forces. We tend to think of materialism as a philosophy that places a high value on the material world because it claims that matter is all that exists. Yet in reality, it places a low value on the material world as purely particles in motion with no higher purpose or meaning. In other words, if our bodies are products of blind, undirected forces, then they convey no moral message, give no clue to our identity, have no inherent purpose that we are obligated to respect.”

“By contrast, a Christian ethic respects nature as a good gift from God. That’s why it always takes into account the facts of biology, whether addressing abortion (the scientific facts about when life begins) or sexuality (the facts about sexual differentiation and reproduction).”

To craft an effective message for the secular world today, Christ-followers need to discover that the biblical view of the body is actually more appealing, more attractive, more affirming, than the secular ethics.

I realize that today’s podcast and journal only scratches the surface of a Biblical Worldview on some very controversial subjects. It is my prayer that you will study and learn more on your own. Above all else, let us put into practice Ephesians 4:2, “Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.”

Tomorrow we will continue with our 3-minute wisdom nugget that will provide you with a bit of wisdom that, if followed will allow you to grow healthier, wealthier, and wiser each day. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along with us tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

That will finish our trek for today. If you would like to listen to any of our past 805 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. You can also subscribe to iTunes or Google Play so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

Live Abundantly (Fully)
Love Unconditionally
Listen Intentionally
Learn Continuously
Lend to others Generously
Lead with Integrity
Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow!

Day 805 – Better Skills and Wisdom – Wisdom Unplugged

February 20, 2018 by H. Guthrie Chamberlain, III Leave a Comment

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 805 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Better Skills and Wisdom – Wisdom Unplugged

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 805 of our trek, and it is time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little bit of additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget.

Today’s quote is from Jim Rohn,and it is, “Don’t wish life was easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for fewer challenges; wish for more wisdom.”

Better Skills and Wisdom

So often we desire the easy trails of life with few problems or challenges, but that is not what life is. First, how we view events and circumstances in our lives is our choice.

There are those who view practically everything in life as bad. Their lives go from one drama to the next, and their mindset reminds me of the old television program Hee Haw, where a line in one of their songs was “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” This mindset creates a “victim mentality” where everything in life is out to get them. This thinking also creates a self-fulfilling prophecy and indeed, because of their mindset, their world is a mess.

They wish for the easy life with few problem or challenges, but they are not willing to change their mindset and choose to make it happen. My Grandma Burkhart has an old saying, “You can spit in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up first.” I think you get the picture.

No ones life is easy and free from problems or challenges, but we can still have a life that is full of immense joy in the midst of those problems and challenges. None of us will grow, mature, and flourish if our lives are easy and without problems. We need to become better, learn new skills, and then seek for wisdom as if it were a buried treasure.

It is then we will improve, grow, mature and find that immense joy of overcoming the obstacles and trials of life. As Jesus’ half-brother James teaches us in James 1:2-4, “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”

That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged quote. If you would like free access to my database of over 10,000 inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com. As you enjoy these nuggets of wisdom, encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 804 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. You can also subscribe to iTunes or Google play so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

Live Abundantly (Fully)
Love Unconditionally
Listen Intentionally
Learn Continuously
Lend to others Generously
Lead with Integrity
Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow for Wisdom Wednesday!

Day 804 – The Prison of WANT – Meditation Monday

February 19, 2018 by H. Guthrie Chamberlain, III 1 Comment

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 804 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

The Prison of WANT – Meditation Monday

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 804 of our trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy.

For some, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. Some may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and praying. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and make sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you too will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. Are you in prison? I don’t mean a physical prison, but self-created shackles and bars. Anything that stifles us from reaching our God-given potential is bars that will imprison us. Today’s meditation is taken from a book written by Max Lucado, and it is…

The Prison of WANT

Come with me to the most populated prison in the world. The facility has more inmates than bunks. More prisoners than plates. More residents than resources.

Come with me to the world’s most oppressive prison. Just ask the inmates. They will tell you. They are overworked and underfed. Their walls are bare, and their bunks are hard.

No prison is so populated. No prison is so oppressive. And, what’s more, no prison is so permanent. Most inmates never leave. They never escape. They never get released. They serve a life sentence in this overcrowded, under-provisioned facility.

The name of the prison? You’ll see it over the entrance. Rainbowed over the gate are four cast-iron letters that spell out its name:

W-A-N-T

The prison of want. You’ve seen her prisoners. They are “in want.” They want something. They want something bigger. Nicer. Faster. Thinner. They want.

They don’t want much, mind you. They want just one thing. One new job. One new car. One new house. One new spouse. They don’t want much. They want just one.

And when they have “one,” they will be happy. And they are right – they will be happy. When they have “one,” they will leave the prison. But then it happens. The new-car smell passes. The new job gets old. The neighbors buy a larger television set. The new spouse has bad habits. The sizzle fizzles, and before you know it, another ex-con breaks parole and returns to jail.
Are you in prison? You are if you feel better when you have more and worse when you have less. You are if joy is one delivery away, one transfer away, one award away, or one makeover away. If your happiness comes from something you deposit, drive, drink, or digest, then face it – you are in prison, the prison of want.

The Apostle Paul in his 1^st letter to his protégé Timothy explains it this way in 1 Timothy 6:6-10, “Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

When we surrender to God the cumbersome sack of discontent, we don’t just give up something; we gain something. God replaces it with a lightweight, tailor-made, sorrow-resistant attaché of gratitude.

What will you gain with contentment? You may gain your marriage. You may gain precious hours with your children. You may gain your self-respect. You may gain joy. You may gain the faith to say as King David did in Psalms 23:1, “The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”

Try saying it slowly, “The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”

Again, “The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.”

Shhhhhhh. Did you hear something? I think I did. I’m not sure…but I think I heard the opening of a jail door.

Next week we will continue our trek on Meditation Monday as we take time to reflect on what is most important in creating our living legacy. On tomorrow’s trek, we will explore another wisdom quote. This 3-minute wisdom supplement will assist you in becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise each day. Thank you for joining me on this trek called life. Encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of the past 803 daily treks or read the daily journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. You can also subscribe to iTunes and Google Play so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

Live Abundantly (Fully)
Love Unconditionally
Listen Intentionally
Learn Continuously
Lend to others Generously
Lead with Integrity
Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow!

Day 803 – Time Management Is a Myth – Ask Gramps

February 16, 2018 by H. Guthrie Chamberlain, III 1 Comment

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 803 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Time Management Is a Myth – Ask Gramps

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 803 of our trek, and it is time for our Philosophy Friday series. Each Friday we will ponder some of the basic truths and mysteries of life and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy. As we continue on this trek called life, sometimes we have questions about life, so our Friday trek is a time when we can “Ask Gramps.”

Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, you are not able to. No matter how old you are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask dad or gramps questions about life in many areas. We will address areas such as finances, relationships, health/fitness, business/work, home repairs/renovations, seasons of life, spiritual/Biblical questions, and any others areas that come our way.

As your fellow sojourner and mentor on this trek that we call life, it is my goal to provide you with practical wisdom and advice about any area of life. It is crucial that I receive a constant flow of questions, so please submit your questions to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com. I will answer your questions on our Friday podcast.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. For most of us, life is hectic, and we all seem to have much more to do than the time to do it in. Since we all have 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, why it is that some people seem to get so much more accomplished in a day or week than other people do? So the question for today is…

“Hey Gramps, why does it appear that you are able to manage your time more effectively and efficiently than most people? How can I improve the management of my time?”

Time Management Is a Myth

You probably have heard about time management since you were young. You had to learn how to integrate school, homework, playtime, and extracurricular activities. Then as you grew older, you had to start learning how to integrate work with studies and relationships. As you continued on as an adult, it was about integrating all of the tasks at work with all of the tasks at home.

Time management is directly linked to your work-life balance, or as I like to refer to it as work-life integration, and thus it’s directly linked to your stress, health, happiness, and productivity. How you manage your time proportionally influences how you manage your life.

This means time management is more than just managing the hours on the clock. None of us can slow down, speed up, or change the amount of time that we have in our day. There are 24 hours in a day. You can’t change that. So how do you manage time if you have no control over it?

You don’t. Time management is a myth. It’s all about decision or choice management. Or as Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.”

Do you ever wonder why it feels like some people have more time than others? Why do some people achieve so much more than their peers?

Every person only has 24 hours, but there are some who have learned how to make better decisions or choices on how to use that time. These individuals don’t manage their hours—they manage themselves.

To use an illustration that may be useful, I would like you to think of yourself as a tree. This tree is made up of four quadrants. We will relate this to what President Eisenhower is credited with creating and used when he was both a general and the President. It is referred to as:

1. The Eisenhower Decision Matrix

The Eisenhower Decision Matrix was popularized by Stephen Covey when he adapted it to his Time Management Matrix in “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” This tool helps you become more effective in how you use your time—by teaching you how to make time-related decisions. It has four quadrants that describe different sorts of activities based on importance and urgency.

I like to break up these four quadrants into the four elements that we would experience on an actual trek up a mountain. They are fire, water, earth, and wind.

· Fire

The first quadrant in the upper left corner of the tree is important and urgent. We call these the “fire” tasks. They need to be attended to right away, like a fire that needs to be put out. These include deadlines, problem-solving, and managing crises. Although these are important, they tend to be reactive. In this way, they don’t push your life forward. They keep you stressed, so you don’t burn down.

· Water

The second quadrant in the top right-hand corner of the tree is important but not urgent. These are the “water” tasks. You need them in order to survive and grow further. These activities include strategy, planning, leading and coaching others, training yourself, and setting goals. Water tasks are directly related to your personal vision, mission, and goals. To be truly effective, don’t forget to water all areas of your life, or you will end up with dead branches in your tree that will be pruned off!

· Earth

The third quadrant in the bottom left corner of your tree is not important but urgent. These “earth” tasks ground you, but they take away from growth upwards. These tend to include social media, emails, meetings, phone calls, and other distractions. They help to maintain relationships and meet the needs of important activities, but these tasks themselves are not going to help you grow. These tasks should be minimized or delegated if possible.

· Wind

The fourth quadrant in the bottom right corner of your tree includes non-important and non-urgent tasks. These are the “wind” or “air” tasks. They blow you around and change your focus away from what’s at hand. These tend to be the easiest to accomplish, but they’re also time wasters and busywork. You want to avoid wind tasks as much as possible, as they gobble up your time without adding anything productive to your work-life integration. These tasks should be removed entirely from your schedule.

2. Think of yourself as a tree.

You need to put out the fire tasks immediately, or your trunk and branches will be destroyed. If you neglect these tasks, your entire foundation is ruined—and nothing else can get done. Accomplish these first, so you can then tend to your tree without any reigniting flames.

The water tasks nurture you and give you energy. It’s this water that helps you grow up towards the sky, making your tree big and tall.

The earth tasks keep you grounded and nourished, but they hold you down rather than pushing you up towards the sky.

The wind tasks blow your branches, causing important leaves to fall off. These leaves can equal relationships, health, happiness, fun, financial security, and more. The wind comes by and slowly starts to shake these off your branches one by one.

Making wise time decisions or choices helps to cultivate your tree. Your relationship leaves will be large and green. Your core branches will be sturdy and strong. Your work-life integrated trunk will continue growing upward and outward. If you make the wrong decisions or choices, however, the leaves fall, and your branches start to wither.

3. Making Time Decisions

Look at the tree of time management illustration in the journal for today’s trek. Compare it to your work-life integration tree. What does your tree look like? Is it charred from constantly reacting to fires (fire tasks)? Does it have a strong root system, but it doesn’t have a tall trunk with strong branches (earth tasks)? Is it bare without relationship leaves because you’ve permitted windy distractions (wind tasks)? Or is your tree tall and strong with plenty of room for growth? Are you feeding, watering, and protecting your tree, so it can flourish in all areas of integrated life (water tasks)?

4. The Bottom Line

It is not so much managing your time, but managing your decisions on how your time is allocated. Which elements do you choose to put into your tree? The decisions you make about what goes into your tree directly influences what the growth, strength, and fruit your tree will produce. How you choose to invest your time, energy, and resources will impact what you get done during the day and week. These decisions will determine how stressed you are, how productive you are, and ultimately how successful you are.

Next week we will have a different question to “Ask Gramps.” Gramps will answer any questions you may have about life and will provide you with practical wisdom about any area of life. Please submit questions that you have to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com, and Gramps will answer them on our Friday podcast with wisdom and philosophy that Gramps has gained over the years of experience and study.

I know you will find these insights interesting, practical, and profitable in living a rich and satisfying life. Our next trek is Mediation Monday where we will help you reflect on what is most important in life. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along on Monday for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of the past 802 daily treks or read the associated journals, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com. You can also subscribe to iTunes or Google Play, so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

Live Abundantly (Fully)
Love Unconditionally
Listen Intentionally
Learn Continuously
Lend to others Generously
Lead with Integrity
Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you on Monday!

Day 802 – Reading is Fundamental – Wisdom Unplugged

February 15, 2018 by H. Guthrie Chamberlain, III Leave a Comment

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 802 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Reading Is Fundamental – Wisdom Unplugged

Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 802 of our trek, and it is time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little bit of additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget.

Today’s quote is from Daniel J. Boorstin, and it is, “Books are the main source of our knowledge, our reservoir of first faith, memory, wisdom, morality, poetry, philosophy, history and science.”

Reading Is Fundamental

Reading and the study of books is the fundamental source and foundation of knowledge. It has been verified over and over that those who are avid readers advance faster and farther in all areas of life. With today’s technological breakthroughs and access to thousands of resources on the internet for little or no cost, there is little reason not to consume books on a regular basis.

Books can be consumed on a variety of devices from smartphones, to tablets, to computers, and in audio format, which allows you to perform another task while listening to great content. Here are some practical ways that I have found successful in maintaining a steady habit of reading or listening to a variety of information.

I listen to my Bible reading, devotional materials, emails, and podcast while I exercise first thing in the morning. Since I work at my computers throughout the day, many days for up to 12 hours, I am able to consume vast amounts of information about a variety of subjects. I also listen to many audio books while driving, working outdoors, cooking dinner each night, and renovating the various rooms inside our home.

If you enjoy reading from a physical book, set aside planned time each day to further your knowledge and learning. Books are also a great source of relaxing while enjoying a great mystery, sci-fi thriller, history, or any other genre of books. Create a habit of reading physical books or listening to audiobooks on a daily basis. It is an investment into your future self that pays huge dividends.

This type of study was what God commanded Joshua before he led the Israelites into the promised land as we read in Joshua 1:8, “Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.”

That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged. If you enjoy these quotes, I have created and published a searchable database of over 10,000 quotes that I have collected for many years. If you would like free access to my database of inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com.

Just as you enjoy these nuggets of wisdom, please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 801 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly your friend as I serve you in through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

Live Abundantly (Fully)
Love Unconditionally
Listen Intentionally
Learn Continuously
Lend to others Generously
Lead with Integrity
Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Everyday! See you tomorrow for Philosophy Friday!

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