Wisdom is personified as someone calling out in the streets, offering knowledge to all. Although rejected by many, she notes “whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
This is a great gift which we have received. We have been offered heavenly wisdom, and accepted that offer. This doesn’t make us more special than anyone else, but it does give us hope and comfort. “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.” If we are to be wise in heavenly wisdom, then we need to really listen and allow it to affect our lives, to be guided by it.
At various stages in our life, we all can be lost coins or lost sheep. It’s really encouraging to note what Jesus says, “there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” The act of returning to God, or of helping one of our peers return to God, results in rejoicing in heaven.