Folly
Over the past several weeks I have been reacquainting myself with the biblical book of Proverbs. As I have been telling our young Boy Scouts recently (during devotional times while out at sumer camps), the book of Proverbs is what every godly father wants to tell his son about. The book deals with sex, drugs (abuse of alcohol), money, talk, truth, making good decisions, and so forth. Yesterday this particular proverb caught my eye: "When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD" (19.3 - ESV). The first thing one notices is that folly (knowing right from wrong and chosing the wrong) leads somewhere, " When ... folly brings his way to ruin ". Here, as in all of Proverbs, folly leads, by a series of bad decisions, to ruin. There are consequences to the choices we make. Recognizing this is a good thing, and can be the initial step to maturing in wisdom (knowing right from wrong and chosing the right). The next item a thoughtfu...