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Earl Nightingale - The Strangest Secret

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Earl Nightingale 1921-1989 This is the "mother of all" motivational talks.

God's First Creation

If I were to ask you what God made first, you might say, "light" based upon the first chapter of Genesis. However, it does not say that. It says that He made everything in the beginning and that He made light before other physical phenomena, but Proverbs 8:22 informs us of a prior creation that is not as tangible or corporeal. Wisdom speaks and says, "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;" (NIV) God created logic and reason first and then, used that wisdom to fashion a reasonable and rational creation that can be investigated, observed, and celebrated by people He made in His image. Verse 18 says, "With me are riches and honor." Everything observable, predictable, and ordered is based upon the genius of God. every principle that works in business, economics, life, science, and human behavior is rooted in His wisdom. Wisdom is not God; it is the creation of God. To study any discipline of science or