Does Not Wisdom Call Out?

 

On a recent Sunday I found myself attending a service at a Christian Church.  It was in an old, stunning building with many people I knew and beautiful organ music.  I believe that things happen for a reason.  We may be steered to unexpected places for unexpected reasons.

When visiting a church I find myself searching for signs of the Divine Feminine.  She is always there… in the triquetra (trinity knot), the stained glass windows, the roses or lilies on the altar, the statues…. She always smiles down on her daughters and sons.

And then came the First Reading:  A reading from Proverbs (8:1-4):

“Does not Wisdom call out?

Does not understanding raise her voice?

At the high point along the way,

where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

beside the gate leading into the city,

at the entrance, she cries aloud:

To you, O people, I call out;

I raise my voice to all mankind.”

Whoa….talk about a sign of the Divine Feminine!!  How many there actually heard this?  How many understood?  I noticed my heart rate pick up, my lips curled into a smile and I silently answered, “I hear you, Sophia, I hear you, Mother!

"Sophia" is the Greek word for wisdom.  In Judeo-Christian beliefs Sophia is the “wisdom of the Deity” (Divine Inspiration, maybe?).  She is known as the Wise Bride of Solomon by Jews, as the Queen of Wisdom and War (Athena) by Greeks, and as the Holy Spirit by some Christians.  And that Holy Spirit comes offering gifts, a fruit basket filled with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  How feminine is that??

 She knew I was there….She affirmed my path…. She gave me her message, “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all humankind.”

The Goddess is calling out!  Raise your voices, Sisters!  We have no fear of our Wisdom!  Blessed Be!