Reading Proverbs – 8:27 Wisdom in Creation
“When He set the heavens in their place I was there, when He girdled the ocean with the horizon,”– Prov 8:27
I was caught by the exquisite imagery that the NEB offers for this verse – ‘girdled the ocean with the horizon’. Anybody who’s been at sea or just stood on the shore can appreciate it – there is a line far out there where the sea just … stops. After that is sky.
It all reminds me of the Psalm:
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.– Ps 107:23-24
Which is quoted 25 seconds into this otherwise missable clip from the movie Mrs. Miniver by Henry Travers (the next section is much more pleasant after the first minute, so go watch that too!):
Henry Travers quoting Ps 107 to Mrs. Miniver
… anyway, our point here is that Wisdom is the constant companion of the Creator. Before, during and after the creation, Wisdom was and is present. As such, ‘she’ is an abiding element of this life, and success is impossible without her.
Mike
Dave Travis
Rose
Thanks for this great synopsis. (BTW, “No Name” near bottom of your list was Mel Lawrenz, Elmbrook...