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Day 1372 – A Hamster Story – Humor Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1372 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

A Hamster Story – Humor Unplugged

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1372 of our Trek, and time for a 3-minute mini-trek called Humor Unplugged. Our Thursday podcast will provide a short and clean funny story to help you lighten up and live a rich and satisfying life. Something to cheer you and give a bit a levity in your life. We are told in Proverbs 15:30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart; good news makes for good health.  We are also encouraged in Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Consider this your vitamin supplement of cheer for today. So let’s jump right in with today’s funny which is titled:

A Hamster Story

The Smith family consisted of Mom, Dad, and the six kids ranging in age from six to fourteen. The kids always wanted a pet, but their house was just not large enough for a dog, and Dad was allergic to cats. The kids got together and decided maybe a hamster would be a good alternative. They presented their case to mom and dad. At first, the parents were adamant that they did not want any pets in the house. As the weeks went by, with constant begging every night at the dinner table, mom and dad finally relented, but only after the kids promised that they would take complete care of the hamster. The next day they all went to the local pet store and fell in love with a hamster which they named Butch. The kids fawned over their new pet, and everything went fine for the first couple of weeks. They were diligent with feeding and caring for Butch. Soon the novelty of Butch wore off, and mom and dad’s primary concern started to manifest itself. They had to remind the kids of their promise continually, but that seemed to fall on to deaf ears. Soon mom found herself feeding, providing water, and cleaning the cage each week. This situation went on for about a month when one evening after changing a smelly cage, mom stormed into the kid’s bedroom, and with exasperation, in her voice, she shouted. “How many times do you think Butch would have died if I hadn’t looked after him?”

After a moment of silence, all the kids lowered their heads in shame. That is except for the youngest, little Johnny. He looked at mom, cocked his head slightly, and then replied quizzically, “Once?”I hope that brought a smile to your face today. If it did pass your smile onto some else, we all could use a kind smile each day. Our Thursday thought is, “Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning, but the hamster was dead?” 

 Ecclesiastes 3:15

What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.

Just as you enjoy these nuggets of humor, please encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’ If you would like to listen to any of our past 1371 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com.  I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

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

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. 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!

Day 1371 – Mastering the Bible – Biblical Agendas and Translations – Worldview Wednesday

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Welcome to Day 1371 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Mastering the Bible – Biblical Agendas and Translations – Worldview Wednesday

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, and to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before.

Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase wisdom and create a living legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. Today is Day 1371 of our trek, and it is Worldview Wednesday. Creating a Biblical Worldview is essential to have a proper perspective on today’s current events.

To establish a Biblical worldview, you must have a proper understanding of God and His Word. Our focus for the next several months on Worldview Wednesday is Mastering the Bible, through a series of brief insights. These insights are extracted from a book of the same title from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars, Dr. Micheal S. Heiser. This book is a collection of insights designed to help you understand the Bible better. When we let the Bible be what it is, we can understand it as the original readers did and as its writers intended. Each week we will explore two insights.

Mastering The Bible – Biblical Agendas and Translations

Insight Fifty-Seven: Each Gospel Writer Had His Own Agenda

There are four Gospels for a reason. Their existence isn’t an accident. The fact that more than one was written suggests that each writer had a slightly different audience in mind. Examining their content validates that hunch.

Unlike other gospels, the Gospel of Matthew nowhere states a specific purpose or occasion for Matthew’s enterprise. Determining Matthew’s audience and objective can only be accomplished by careful reading. Matthew references the Old Testament more than the other Gospels, with a special interest in messianic themes such as establishing that Jesus was the “son of David” and how his life fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah. Matthew uses distinctive phrases from Jewish literature (e.g., “Father in heaven”) more than other Gospels. He includes Jewish customs and terms without explaining them to readers (23:5, 27; 15:2; compared to Mark 7:2-4). All of these things, and others indicate that Matthew was writing to a Jewish audience to convince them that Jesus was their Messiah.

One of the unusual things scholars have noticed about Mark’s Gospel is the frequent use (forty-two times) of the Greek adverb euthus (often translated “immediately”). Mark consistently presents Jesus as a man of action—getting things done with expediency. Mark omits Jesus’s birth and childhood, and there is no genealogy. These things don’t matter to Mark’s audience. He writes to people more concerned about what Jesus does than who he is, which is very different from Matthew. These features make Mark’s account conform to Roman cultural values. This is especially important because of the way Jesus died as a criminal by the heinous method of crucifixion. Mark needs to explain why the crucifixion happened to this audience, and so he blends a description of a man they can admire with a defense of the Gospel.

Luke tells us at the outset that he is writing to a Greek friend, Theophilus. Luke (Loukas) is a Greek name. Luke uses Greek terms not found in the other Gospels. He seeks to reach a Hellenized world, not Jews or Romans, with the Gospel of Jesus. His strategy is a lengthy letter—his Gospel—to Theophilus, that he “might have certainty” concerning what he’d heard about Jesus (Luke 1:1-4).

Lastly, we come to John, the Gospel with the most unique material. John’s agenda is nevertheless transparent. His Gospel devotes the most concerted effort to presenting the deity of Jesus Christ. Only in John do we get the seven “I AM” statements of Jesus, a phrase hearkening back to the name of God given in the burning bush. John includes unique statements uttered by Jesus: “The Father and I are one” (John 10:30); “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” ( John 14:9); “Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father” (John 10:38). And John tells us why. He wrote his Gospel so that readers understood, “But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name” (John 20:31).

Insight Fifty-Eight: The New Testament Writers Used a Bible Translation for Their Work

The Bible of Jesus and the apostles was the Old Testament. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew, the language of ancient Israelites and Jews. Jesus and his disciples probably had some knowledge of Hebrew, but the common language of Judea in the first century was Aramaic. The Hebrew Bible had been translated into Aramaic by Jesus’s day. Consequently, the odds are high that Jesus and the Twelve would have preached from a Bible in Aramaic—a translation.

Despite the fact that Aramaic Bibles were commonplace and Jews in the Holy Land spoke Aramaic, the New Testament wasn’t originally written in Aramaic. Instead, it was written in Greek. The reason was that Judea wasn’t the whole world. Aramaic may have been the common tongue in Judea, but the rest of the world spoke Greek.

Fortunately, the Hebrew Old Testament had been translated into Greek a couple of centuries before Jesus was born. That Greek translation was called the Septuagint. Since the New Testament writers could communicate with the entire known world in Greek, the New Testament was written in that language. So, for the most part, the Septuagint was used to quote the Old Testament. There was a Greek orientation to both testaments in the earliest days of the church. Considering this, the Septuagint and the New Testament combined to serve as the Bible of the earliest Christians.

This has ramifications when it comes to reading and understanding the New Testament. For one thing, at times, the Septuagint says things that the Hebrew Old Testament (referred to as the Masoretic Text now) does not. The New Testament use of Old Testament verses for articulating theological points at times makes use of these differences. When that’s the case, modern study Bibles indicate that in footnotes. Sometimes the differences derive from the translation technique. In other instances (e.g., Deuteronomy 32:8-9, 43), the difference comes from the fact that the Hebrew text used to produce the Septuagint differed from what we now regard as the traditional Hebrew (Masoretic) text. Knowing this can resolve apparent contradictions and explain what a New Testament writer saw in a particular Old Testament verse that might seem obscure to us.

The fact that Jesus, the disciples, the New Testament writers, and the earliest Christians used translations ought to encourage us today. If Jesus, Matthew, John, and Paul, for example, can trust a translation to be the word of God, so can we. Fortunately, we have thousands of manuscripts in the original languages of the Bible that scholars can reference to validate or improve translations, not only for English translations but for translations in languages used around the world. Bible translation is never perfect since no translator is omniscient, but it is light years from a haphazard, imprecise discipline. Know that you have the word of God just like Jesus and the disciples did.

That will conclude this week’s lesson on another two insights from Dr. Heiser’s book Mastering the Bible. Next Worldview Wednesday, we will continue with two additional insights. I believe you will find each Worldview Wednesday an interesting topic to consider as we build our Biblical Worldview.

Tomorrow we will continue with our 3-minute humor nugget that will provide you with a bit of cheer and help you to lighten up and live a rich and satisfying life. 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.

If you would like to listen to any of our past 1370 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player 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.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. 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 1370 – Watch Your Words – Wisdom Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 1370 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Watch Your Words – Wisdom Unplugged

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1370 of our Trek, and it is time for our 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 Blaise Pascal, and it is:    Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Kind words also produce their image on men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is. They smooth, and quiet, and comfort the hearer.   

Watch Your Words

In today’s politically charged societal environment, all too many people are not at all careful about how they speak to others. This is especially true online where cowards can hide behind their computers in a shroud of anonymity and spew all sorts of cold or hot or bitter or wrathful words. These cowards show little concern that they are destroying people who are created as bearers of God’s image. Especially in these times of crisis that we find ourselves in today, it is more important than ever to watch what we say, and how we speak to others.  We all are well-advised by the golden rule found in Matthew 7:12   Do (or say) to others whatever you would like them to do (or say) to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. How you speak to others is a clear indication of what is in your heart. It is also an indication of what you think about yourself. If you are speaking cold, hot, bitter, or wrathful words to others, it is because that is what you feel about yourself. Your self-talk stems from your mind. Your self-talk not only poisons those who you are speaking to, but also your very soul. Instead, we should only speak words of kindness, love, and compassion. Regardless of whether you agree with others, that is no reason to treat them as if they are worthless. In its place, practice words of encouragement. Especially in these uncertain and chaotic times, let us show love to one another.

Proverbs 10:20-21

The words of the godly are like sterling silver;

the heart of a fool is worthless.

The words of the godly encourage many,

but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged quote. If you would like free access to my database of over 11,000 inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com. Just as you enjoy these nuggets of wisdom, encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’ If you would like to listen to any of our past 1369 treks or read the Wisdom Journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day’s trek will be downloaded automatically.

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

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. 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 Worldview Wednesday!

Day 1369 – Peace of Mind and Heart – Meditation Monday

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Welcome to Day 1369 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Peace of Mind and Heart – Meditation Monday

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1369 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 you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, Meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and in prayer. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and making 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.

 None of us like uncertainty, but that seems to be all there is in the entire world at this time. We see possible, glimmers of hope being discussed, but we may have a long and slow recovery before we start feeling that we can be sure about our plans for the future. This is understandable, but during these times of uncertainty, we need to meditate on:

Peace of Mind and Heart

Let’s face it; we like to be in control of our lives, and the situations that impact us. Every week that goes by, we wonder, will life ever return to some sort of normalcy? It causes us all to be on edge. Many of you may have lost your jobs, or are fearful that you will. We don’t know if it is safe to leave our homes, just to pick up a few supplies. We don’t know if we will be homeschooling the remainder of this year, or even during the summer. We just don’t know a lot of things right now. For some of us, life has not changed dramatically, but for many it has. Regardless, it is causing all of us stress that we don’t want, and wish would go away. When we stop, take a breath, relax, reflect, and are honest about our current situation, we have to admit, our lives before Covid-19 also had it share of stress. It is just different now.

Most of us realize that chronic negative stress is not good for our health. Stress can manifest itself in a myriad of symptoms such as lethargy, lack of productivity, angry outburst, sadness, and irritability. If left uncontrolled, stress can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. Yes, these are uncertain times, but we can change our outlook to incorporate this uncertainty as at least a temporary part of life. There is always some stress in our lives. Sometimes we need to change how we view and handle that stress. Some stress will spur us on to achieve and accomplish much good in our world. How can we deal with stress, so that it produces good, and not harm? As a Christ-follower, we need to control our minds. Controlling our thoughts is best accomplished through the washing of our minds with God’s Word. Romans 12:2 tells us, Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Stress is unavoidable, but not uncontrollable. You may need to work with your doctor to help in certain circumstances. There are other outlets that we can turn to on a daily basis. Physical activity, set times for relaxation, and as indicated in the verse above, getting into God’s Word. Plus, the ultimate stress buster in your life is the peace of God through His Spirit that dwells within you. John 14:27, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  God does not want us to overly stressed, even in the midst of a pandemic. Instead, He wants us to find our peace and rest in Him.  Seek your rest in God. Let us meditate on Matthew 11:28-29 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. That is a wrap for today’s Meditation, 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 ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’  If you would like to listen to any of the past 1368 daily treks or read the daily journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

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

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. 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 1368 – Share Some Good News – Ask Gramps

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Welcome to Day 1368 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Share Some Good News – Ask Gramps

Wisdom – the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1368 of our Trek and time for our Philosophy Friday series. Each Friday, we will ponder some of the fundamental 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 where we can ‘Ask Gramps.’  Gramps will answer questions that you would like to ask your dad or granddad, but for whatever reason, this is not possible. No matter how old we are, I know that all of us would like the opportunity to ask dad or gramps questions about life in many areas.

We may mix it up a bit on our Friday episodes, but will strive to keep them down to earth and enjoyable.  If you have any questions that you would like to ask Gramps, please email them to guthrie@wisdom-trek.com

So the question for this week is:

“Hey, Gramps, I have many family members, local friends, and online friends who are very concerned about their future. I am sensing that they are on the brink of desperation. What can I do to encourage them while we ride out the shelter in place orders throughout the world?

Share Some Good News

If you spend much time watching or reading news from the mainstream news outlets, or much of what is on social media, you need to stop now, and encourage those you know to stop. For the most part, they are talking heads, and their purpose is to sensationalize the news to attract viewers. This is not the type of communication that we need now, or ever.

There is an alternative. Let us share some good news. There’s nothing more natural than sharing good news. Good news is for sharing. Think about it, even during these times of crises for many, when we land a new job or have a new baby, we want to tell other people about it. In any different situation, when we find a restaurant we like or watch a well-made film, we want others to have the same experience. You can still do that for those food establishments who deliver or have take out. Let us make sure we treat everyone we interact with, pleasantly. Thank them for all they are doing. It’s a natural thing to share good news. It should be no different now. Now, more than ever, we need to actively promote hope and encouragement to those who may be wavering in their faith and confidence.

Far too often, we make telling others about Jesus into an unnatural exercise. Sometimes we do that by making people memorize polished presentations of the gospel. Other times, we limit evangelism to mission trips to faraway places. We forget that the story of Jesus is good news, something that should be naturally shared with people we know.

Just ponder a little bit about how great it is to live in a time where our technology is so advanced that we know on an hourly basis the status of this pandemic worldwide. We see equipment and medicines created in record time. For the most part, our grocery stores are still well-stocked, and no one is starving through the minor inconvenience of social distancing.

In addition to these physical blessings, if you are a Christ-follower, we have within us The Good News that will last for eternity. So, part of our sharing of the good news should naturally be the hope that we have within us. 1 Peter 3:15

Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.How can we make sharing our faith into a regular part of our lives? Here are a few ideas:

  • Learn to appreciate the wonder of what God has done for us. Sometimes we have trouble sharing the gospel because we have forgotten what’s good about the news of Jesus! Before we can tell others about the joy of being a Christian, we need to experience that joy ourselves. Before we can help others experience freedom from darkness, we need to know what it is to walk in the light.
  • Recognize that we can share good news even when we don’t tell the whole story. Not every conversation has to be a full presentation of the story of salvation. When Jesus healed the man who was possessed by a legion of demons, he told the man in Mark 5:19, But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” A great place to begin when sharing our faith is to merely point out good things that God is doing in your life.
  • Love your neighbor as yourself. That’s very basic, I know, but it’s also easier said than done, even during this time of social distancing. If we believe that the greatest possession we have is God in our lives and that others can have that as well, doesn’t it make sense that we would want them to know that? Focus on love. Speak motivated by love. Let love shape your speech and your actions toward others. Doing that will make telling others about Jesus a natural occurrence.
  • Pray. Prayer is an essential part of every step we take as a Christian. It’s especially important when dealing with others. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3:6, I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. So each day, we can plant and water, but only God makes things grow.

That is a wrap for today’s question. Join us again next Friday for another question on our ‘Ask Gramps’ episode. 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 ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’If you would like to listen to any of the past 1367 daily treks or read the associated journals, they are all available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

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

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. 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!