Wisdom, the fashioner of all things, taught me.

There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy,
unique, manifold, subtle,
mobile, clear, unpolluted,
distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen,
irresistible, beneficent, humane,
steadfast, sure, free from anxiety,
all-powerful, overseeing all,
and penetrating through all spirits
that are intelligent, pure, and altogether subtle.
For wisdom is more mobile than any motion;
because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things.
For she is a breath of the power of God,
and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty;
therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her.
For she is a reflection of eternal light,
a spotless mirror of the working of God,
and an image of his goodness.
Although she is but one, she can do all things,
and while remaining in herself, she renews all things;
in every generation she passes into holy souls
and makes them friends of God, and prophets;
for God loves nothing so much as the person who lives with wisdom.
She is more beautiful than the sun,
and excels every constellation of the stars.
Compared with the light she is found to be superior,
for it is succeeded by the night,
but against wisdom evil does not prevail.

She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other,
and she orders all things well.

 

The catalogue of attributes of wisdom with which the passage begins reminded me of the characteristics of love described in 1 Corinthians 13, yet this is not a description of a human (or divine) quality but of God's 'third person', or persona, as Spirit who is... 

intelligent

holy

unique

manifold

subtle

mobile

clear

unpolluted

distinct

invulnerable

loving the good

keen

irresistible

beneficent

humane

steadfast

sure

free from anxiety

all-powerful

overseeing all

penetrating through all spirits

 

I am fascinated by the diversity of characteristics identified, each coexisting without conflicting ... omnipotent benevolence, subtly irresistable, anxiety-free intellegence and so on.

A lovely passage and worth re-visiting.  I know a lot of protestant Christians are wary of the aprocrypha/deutero-canonical books for all sorts of reasons (some better than others, it has to be said) with the result that we remain ignorant of some of the most beautiful Jewish and early Christian writing. Just maybe God's Spirit will speak to you through these words, to encourage or inspire you.