Conducting Ourselves With Wisdom

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. — Colossians 4:5

This week I have my book club.

We're reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.

I also read her books, The Nightingale and Firefly Lane.

I think this was my favorite so far, even though it was sad.

It took place during the dust bowl.

And it traced the lives of a family who had to move from Texas to California to pick strawberries and cotton.

They became indebted to the company store.

And they were called dirty Oakies by the people who had moved to California years before.

Even so, they treated others with kindness and respect.

With wisdom toward outsiders.

That's what God asks me to do, too.