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Lord, Give Me Wisdom to Make Right Decisions
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s I was sitting out on the balcony of that same high-rise beachfront condominium I described in the previous chapter, I had a rare perspective of the water below. I could clearly see where there were very shallow places and where the ocean ?oor suddenly fell off, making the water very deep. I watched as people would swim a ways out and then ?nd themselves in a place so shallow they were forced to stand up. The water at those places was barely knee level. It was fascinating to watch the swimmers walk around on the sandy plateau and then suddenly fall over the edge into deep water. I realized that if I could have been connected to each of those swimmers by perhaps a waterproof cell phone or walkie-talkie, I could have told them when they were near the edge. But they had no connection with me. They didn’t know to call. So I couldn’t tell them what I saw from my perspective. I think that’s the way it is with God. He sees all because He is above all. If we were to connect with Him on a regular basis and say, “Lord, guide me so I won’t fall,” He could
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