tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757790087474609097.post7000697413172729712..comments2023-10-15T10:56:10.638+01:00Comments on Sheffield Quakers: Quaker DiscernmentGordon Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021696929176035226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757790087474609097.post-37098301169664090312015-03-19T13:03:23.651+00:002015-03-19T13:03:23.651+00:00Interestingly there are said to be a gift of the w...Interestingly there are said to be a gift of the word of knowledge and a separate gift of wisdom. It is generally understood that the word of knowledge is a divine revelation of a fact while the gift of wisdom is a divine revelation of what to do with knowledge. I would suggest that the clerk often needs to exercise the gift of wisdom with regard to the knowledge, of whatever source, obtained at a meeting.brother Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532314668524344544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757790087474609097.post-68803782705945822402015-03-18T19:17:46.388+00:002015-03-18T19:17:46.388+00:00Thank you for an excellent piece. I like to think ...Thank you for an excellent piece. I like to think of discernment as firstly a personal "seeing". GF gave us guidance: "After thou seest thy thoughts, and the temptations, do not think, bur submit; and then power comes." In seeing, "ye may distinguish..the things that are of your selves. and what is of men, and what is of God, and what to keep alive and what must die." (Truth of the Heart p.36 and 38)richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010958055731749099noreply@blogger.com