Don't be a fool!

I wonder how many of you were pranked yesterday? Or were you the pranker?

When my kids were younger, they liked to try to trick us on April Fools day. Even when I was onto them, I would go along with the trick just so they could holler "April Fools!" and we could all have a good laugh.

Even though all of that was in good fun, the Bible says that a real fool is not a laughing matter...

  "A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion." Proverbs 18:2

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"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Proverbs 1:7

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"A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back."  Proverbs 29:11

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"A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating." Proverbs 18:6

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"If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet." Proverbs 29:9

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"A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul."  Proverbs 18:7

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"A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2

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 "A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain." Proverbs 19:13

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The Bible has alot to say about being a fool, but one of the saddest scriptures on this topic is found in Psalms. The Psalmist said:

"The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God'." Psalm 53:1

We have all fallen victim to saying or doing foolish things, but one of the gravest mistakes any of us could make is believing there is no God! If it is true that we will reap what we sow, I cannot imagine anything but destruction and despair to come from such an unbelief as thinking there is no God!

May we think twice about acting in such a foolish way. Pulling a prank on April fools day does not mean that we have to act a fool the rest of our days. May we open our eyes and our heart to the ways of God and His wisdom!