Choose Wisdom

April Fool’s Day.  The day we play tricks on people, hopefully to make them laugh.

Proverbs 10 talks a lot about fools, so for the next several days, I’d like to look at some of these wise sayings:

Verse 1 says a wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

We can apply this to our own natural children and the truth of that verse sure rings true.  A son that makes wise choices in life is one of the most joyous blessings a father can receive.  But a son that makes foolish choices sends a mother to her knees, and grieves her heart.

This verse should prick our hearts as parents to bring up our sons and daughters in ways that preclude making wise choices, and we must be an example of wisdom ourselves. If we hate, we gossip, we abuse our bodies and our minds, then our children observe lack of wisdom in us – and they follow suit.

Obviously, children have a choice to make.  But it’s more obvious that we, the parents, have a higher calling to make as well.  Choose wisdom.