Simple, yet difficult

Proverbs 9:10

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:

and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."

It seems as if life is constantly about understanding concerning this situation or seeking wisdom for that decision which we must make at some point or another. When it comes to acquiring wisdom and understanding for life, the recipe, if it could be called such, can't get much more specific than this verse!

(In thinking about how clear-cut this verse makes it [which is how I like things!] and then wondering why it seems so difficult in my own life, I believe the challenge, personally, comes not in having the mental knowledge of what is required for the end result of wisdom and understanding, but rather in the actual acquiring of the very "ingredients"--the fear of the Lord and the knowledge of the Holy! Once again, I am forced to come back to the fact that life revolves around God and knowing Him!)