Welcome to the Feminid Podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks for joining me today. I'd like to talk to you today about counsel and counseling. First, what exactly is counsel? The first synonym that comes to mind is advice or guidance. When you're presented with a choice

or you've gotten yourself into a complicated situation, you need some coaching, something more than a

mere suggestion or tip. Sometimes counsel includes cautions, warnings, or even remonstrance,

and admonition. The main thing we want to look

for when we are seeking counsel is biblical wisdom. Some people go from one person to another

seeking counsel until they finally get someone who tells them what they want to hear. I sometimes ask

before I give counsel, depending on the situation,

if the person has received counsel about this situation already, and from whom. That can be very

helpful. And it is a protection for me as well. There is not necessarily a problem with going to more

than one person for counsel, but it does all

depend. At the same time where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of

counselors, there is safety, Proverbs 1114. When you have no one you trust to give you sound counsel,

you are in a hard place. Think of a ruler who has no one to

advise them. That would be difficult. But with a godly group or multitude of godly counselors,

their safety and wisdom. So the point is to keep the balance. No roaming from counselor to counselor

until you get the answer you want. At the same time,

in a difficult situation, a group of godly counselors is a tremendous asset. Proverbs 279 says

ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by

hearty counsel.

I love that description of hearty counsel.

We think robust counsel that brings delight.

This should be our goal in all our counsel.

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