Fearing the Lord

‘‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. ” Ps. 111:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” That is a text most of us have learned and repeated ever since we were “knee-high to a grasshopper.’’ We’ve heard it at home, we’ve learned it in Sunday School and grade school, we’ve listened to our minister preach a sermon or two on it, maybe even written it on a 3 x 5 card and tacked it up by our desk. It is such a popular text that it has almost become a trite motto or slogan....