I have been very busy this week. At work I'm swamped. At home I'm swamped. Games every night. Parties all weekend. Running through the stores to buy gifts and bread the day before each event. Running running running. My MIL even claims that I'm slipping (she got an eye roll for that comment...how dare she question my ability to multitask the world). So Friday Fun is going to be short and sweet.
Wisdom or Folly
Two calls at the same time, which one do you take?
I often receive two calls at the same time. Usually I choose who I talk to first according to the order of the call. I rarely click over mid-conversation to take the other call.
For me, it's really not much different with wisdom and folly. Folly called first. I answered. I didn't click over after she called, but continued to enjoy her company. I was unruly, a mocker, a scoffer. During lunch with a friend this week, we giggled about how awful and rotten we used to be. I laughed because if I let out how I truly felt about how I used to act, I'd probably cry.
I claim to have changed, but sometimes Folly calls first and I always pick up. I'm getting better at clicking over when I notice that I'm talking to Folly, but it's still hard. I mean, she is fun! I still struggle to keep my mouth shut when I should. Yesterday I told an attorney to "bite me" for goodness sake! I'm still unruly. I still fail often, but I'm working at it. Every day I struggle to take the right call.
Which call will you take?
If you pick up when Folly calls, will you realize who you're talking to and click over to Wisdom?
Wisdom or Folly
Two calls at the same time, which one do you take?
I often receive two calls at the same time. Usually I choose who I talk to first according to the order of the call. I rarely click over mid-conversation to take the other call.
For me, it's really not much different with wisdom and folly. Folly called first. I answered. I didn't click over after she called, but continued to enjoy her company. I was unruly, a mocker, a scoffer. During lunch with a friend this week, we giggled about how awful and rotten we used to be. I laughed because if I let out how I truly felt about how I used to act, I'd probably cry.
I claim to have changed, but sometimes Folly calls first and I always pick up. I'm getting better at clicking over when I notice that I'm talking to Folly, but it's still hard. I mean, she is fun! I still struggle to keep my mouth shut when I should. Yesterday I told an attorney to "bite me" for goodness sake! I'm still unruly. I still fail often, but I'm working at it. Every day I struggle to take the right call.
Which call will you take?
If you pick up when Folly calls, will you realize who you're talking to and click over to Wisdom?
Proverbs 9
New International Version (NIV)
Invitations of Wisdom and Folly
9 Wisdom has built her house;
she has set up[a] its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls
from the highest point of the city,
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”
she has set up[a] its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls
from the highest point of the city,
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
5 “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through wisdom[b] your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through wisdom[b] your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
13 Folly is an unruly woman;
she is simple and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
she is simple and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by,
who go straight on their way,
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But little do they know that the dead are there,
that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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