Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell How To Raise Your I.Q. Would you like to be smarter? Instead of turning on your television to wile away the evening before retiring, pick up a copy of the works of William Shakespeare. Slowly decipher the speeches of Hamlet and Macbeth. Memorize a sonnet or two. The beauty of the English language and the poetic flow will strengthen your mind as you learn the source of so many of our expressions. This is guaranteed to raise your I.Q. How would you like smarter than what that will do? Instead of grabbling with the anti-Semitism of the Merchant of Venice, pick up a copy of the works of Paul. Slowly decipher the logic of salvation as carefully laid out by the master of Hebrew thought and Aristotelian logic. Memorize Hebrews 11 and I Corinthians 13. Let the beauty of the English language and the poetic flow of I Corinthians 10 strengthen your mind as you learn the source of Christian History. So what's the difference? Will not they both produce the same natural fruit of intellectual development? They would except for one very huge difference. Angels will rush to your side as you open God's word. The Holy Spirit will upon your invitation grant you extraordinary insights as you grow capable of understanding. Shakespeare is wonderful but he lacks the divine help. In Ephesians 3:16 Paul prayed, "That God would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man." With Shakespeare you are on your own. With John and Paul you have access to the intellectual treasure house of heaven. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives