Preached by Rev. Erik Kindem.
Scripture: Proverbs 8:1-4; Proverbs 8:22-31
Summary
How are we to imagine the role of Woman Wisdom in creation? What is the relationship between her and the Creator? Is Wisdom God’s laborer? Is she an attribute of God’s self? Is Wisdom a skilled artisan working side by side with God, assisting God in the act of creation? OR, A toddler underfoot, keeping God on his toes, and pointing with glee to the world that is coming into being.
Proverbs gives us a completely different kind of take on who God is. Here, God is the one who takes particular delight in our existence as human beings, and with Wisdom at his side, smiles and chortles, points and winks as our lives unfold, ever new, on this Earthly home. What might it mean to live our lives knowing that the first impulse of the One who created us is to take delight in us? And that it is Wisdom’s singular role to bring this to mind and celebrate it?