Wisdom 4 U from Dr Dave ...BLOG DAY (# 6 )

August 16, 2012

This is the BLOG DAY Blog that I plan to send out quarterly to pause and reflect about where I am with my Blogging! I will continue this blog where I left off soon so hang in there. I love to Blog because that is about all I have to keep my mind going. Here is a little story my Great grandma Austin told me that you may enjoy for this short Blog:

A Short Story Before I Continue

I want to tell you a story that my Great grandma Austin told me about people that called her "senile". Since we are all advancing in years I thought it very appropriate and fitting to tell what this 85 year old grand old lady told me when I was about 7 years old.

I remember I had asked her what the word "senile" meant, I had heard it used and remembered it.
She told me that the word "senile" was best discribed (her view) by comparing my brain of 7 to her brain of 85 years.

She told me that we could compare my brain to books in a library like the Spencer library (the town where I lived of 7,000 population) She continued to say that her 85 year old brain had many more books in it. She compared her brain to the Library of Congress in Washingto D.C.(with almost every book written in the US).

She told me that when a young person 20 to 40 years old would ask her a question. she would go to her imaginary library of books in her brain and begin going through the rows and stacks of books to find the answer. Compared to me looking for an answer it took her much longer to sort through all the books in her brain and these younger people were not very patient and could not wait for her answer so they stopped and called her "senile" for the reason.
I think that is so good an explaination especially noe that I am going to be 71 in a few days and so far God has blessed me with a fairly good memory.

Like another one of my classmates told me. She didn.t have altzhimers...she called her condition "Sometimers". that's what I have at times!!!! (Thanks Elaine)

Later and GB

Dr Dave

WISDOM 4 U from DrDave Blog #5

August 1, 2012

Here it is a new Month and I must say my favorite month because I will turn 71 on the 21st of this month. I have wanted to spend time each day reading God's word and last night I laid awake thinking about how I was going to do that.


I have always felt that wanting to do something is much different than actually doing something. We were listing to a sermon by one of our favorite pastors. Dr. Charles Stanley. He was sharing the need for discipline and desire in our lives and the lives of our family.

He emphasised that it takes discipline to make us a good Christen.  We need to discipline ourselves so that we will grow and make our lives productive no matter what age we are.


I make a commitment to myself to read through the Bible by reading a portion each day that I could and record some of the most important verses that I read. I started at the beginning, Genesis, but also read Proverbs for some inspiring input. I have included some of the “Wisdom Verses” below that I am trying to focus on and think that they are very important to our Christian Growth:

 Proverbs 1: 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge

Proverbs 3: 5  Trust in the Lord with all your heart
                        and lean not on your own understanding

Proverbs 9: 11  For through wisdom[b] your days will be many,
                         and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 12: 16  Fools show their annoyance at once,
                            but the prudent overlook an insult

Proverbs 12: 25  Anxiety weighs down the heart,
                            but a kind word cheers it up.

Proverbs 13: 3  Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
                          but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 13: 18  Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,
                            but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Proverbs 14: 17  A quick-tempered person does foolish things,
                            and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.

Proverbs 15        A gentle answer turns away wrath,
                           but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15: 4  The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
                          but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

 Proberbs 15: 5  A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
                         but whoever heeds correction shows prudence

Proverbs 15: 18  A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,
                           but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.

Proverbs 16: 31  Gray hair is a crown of splendor;
                            it is attained in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 17: 27  The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,
                            and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.

Proverbs 19: 11  A person’s wisdom yields patience;
                            it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

 Proverbs 19: 19  A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty;
                            rescue them, and you will have to do it again.

 The Proverbs I selected seemed to be ones that I liked very much and I wanted to share them with you.