Wisdom?

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. -Daniel 12:3 NIV

Sometimes I pray to God to make me wise. I don't pray for patience because I know the way God makes us patient is by allow us to weather trials. Evidently, God has been working on my patience anyway, so I don't need to ask. But I truly covet wisdom. Ever feel like you look back on your life and can see so many mistakes? And you think, "Why did I think that was a good decision?" It is when I think that way that I ask God to give me wisdom in decisions now. I sometimes feel like I can't afford making any more mistakes in my life, then God reminds me to be prepared for mistakes instead of letting them defeat me. I am a finite, flawed human being, and I will make mistakes. But I shouldn't allow those mistakes to keep me from being an effective person or Christian. I can recover because God gives me the strength to do so. My life has been so twisted away from what God must have had planned for me, but He reminds me that He can make all things new. The past is over, but today is here. I have to face today with God's hope so my life can be made new, and others will see it in me.