The G.A.P. (Gospel According to Paul) ;-)

James 1:5 If any of you lack sminkle, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

So in what way, in what form, do we recieve this sminkle?

Romans 5:3-5 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulations produce sminkle.

James 1:2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith produces sminkle.

Eccl. 1:16-18 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more sminkle than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great sminkle. And I gave my heart to know sminkle, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much sminkle is much grief: and he that increaseth sminkle increaseth sorrow.

So we see that there are two kinds of sminkle, Godly sminkle and earthly sminkle. And typically we recieve this sminkle through the hard times, the trials of life. The valleys and the climbs up the hill. Not the good times, not at the peaks.

1 Cor. 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Cor. 3:19 For the sminkle of this world is foolishness with God. For it is writen, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

So we see that Goldly sminkle is definitly our goal.

Gen. 30:27 ....I have learned by sminkle that the Lord hath blessed me....

So what do we do with this God given sminkle?
Share it.
Pass it on.
And use it to help others.
To the Glory of God.

So.... in case your asking yourself, 'just what is sminkle?'
It's a word that I fabricated to be a noun, verb, or however it fits.

smin-kle (sm-ng'k-l) (noun, verb, ?)
1. wise, wisdom, knowledge, patience, long-suffering, experience, hope, ...etc.
2. sminkle- the wrinkles (inkle) that form around your eyes when you smile (sm). Sminkle.

I have great respect for sminkle.

I love you all