Jesus said, “Therefore, whoever hears these saying of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24

A.A. Milne who wrote the beloved “Winnie the Pooh” book series had one character he called, the wise old owl:

“There was a wise old owl who sat in a tree, the less he spoke the more he heard, the more he heard the less he spoke. Why can’t we be like that wise old owl in the tree?”

In the bible’s book of Matthew, chapters 5 through 7, Jesus delivers to us four incredible wisdom filled pages on how we should strive to live our lives. Take a few minutes out of your day and read through these three chapters for yourself. If you don’t own a Bible, Google search them, they are easy to find. We tend to listen to the great philosophers in history, or persons of celebrated importance or power, but I’ve discovered that when Jesus speaks, I should strive to spend less time talking, and more time listening, just like that wise old owl.