Shall we take a moment to ponder about excellence. Take the measuring tape of wisdom and tell me where you place a sluggish brain and a sound mind in the sphere of intellect. Do not be baffled if you hear the psalmist say, "I have more understanding than my teachers". That's not an expression of pride but a statement of fact. One could be ladened with western degrees and still be as brainless as the dropping rain. If you can puff a smoke at the Majesty of heaven or speak about His divinity with pride in your heart, you are equally foolish. All you know cannot cross the river of death to the great beyond. You should not underestimate the ruins a godless brain can do to the soul and you cannot exaggerate the blessings of a God-given smartness. Children of God, you have the well of excellence residing inside of you because your heart is the temple where the fullness of God dwells. A soundness of mind that make you overcome the limitations of mortality and the penury of eternity. Excellence is your life my friend. "There is a spir t in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding" (Isaiah 32: 8)

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