Quaero Sapientia

So I decided to change the name of my blog from Still Learning to Quaero Sapientia. Quaero Sapientia is a name that I have been looking at for another blog idea that I had that I never followed through with but I still like the name. Quaero Sapientia is a Latin phrase and it means to seek wisdom. The meaning is similar to still learning but what I am coming to realize is that even though you may be ready and willing to learn, even if you have a burning desire to be taught, that doesn't mean that there will be anyone around you who will teach you so you not only need to be teachable but you also need to be able to seek out truth and teach yourself as well.

Hulu

So a few posts back I posted that I had some invites to Joost which at the time was invite only but now is open to anyone, so if you haven't checked it out you should. Now, though, I am on to a new web based service called Hulu. Hulu is a great service which uses flash based video streaming to give you access to tons of content, right now mostly from NBC and Fox. It is still invite only so if anyone is interested in joining go a head and send an email at gonzo4god@yahoo.com or just leave a comments and i will be happy to send an invite.

Leaders

I have a friend who always says "God doesn't call the equipped but equips those He calls". She was a girl I went to school with and over the past week or so I have been thinking about that phrase in light of some leaders in the Bible. There are many great leaders in the Bible and a few leaders that aren't so good. One thing that I have noticed about all the great leaders in the Bible is you could put "just" in front of all of them, David was just a shepherd, the prophets were all just simple men, Paul was a murderer. None of them had anything that they could really offer the positions that they were called to hold. It is because of that fact that they had to rely on God and His power to make it through, like Paul said in my weakness God is able to show His strength (II Corinthians 12:9 paraphrase).

On the other hand we can look at people how are, at least in the worlds eyes, equipped for the job. Take Saul for instance, the Bible says that he was a head taller then all other men, he came from a family of means, he impressed the nation of Israel. If anyone should have been able to rule the nation it should have been him but instead he starts to rely on his own strength and what he could do instead of what God could do and for that Saul was taken out of leadership by God.

God doesn't look for those who would be perfect for a task, He really isn't going to be looking for the person who is competent for a task, all He is going to be looking for is a person who is going to rely on him to get through the day because in that persons weakness God will get the opportunity to show His strength.



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Posting Again

So I have decided to start posting again. I had stopped for a while and I am not sure why, now it feels like I have a back log of ideas that haven't been able to get out. I am going to be changing some of the stuff on the page so be looking for it.