Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“The foolish woman is loud;
she is ignorant and knows nothing.”
NL Daily Devotion for Tuesday, August 1, 2023
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
This is the anti-wisdom, who also calls to the simple, but leads them astray. She runs rampant in our modern context, as we are bombarded daily by far more information than we can possibly process. It take concerted effort to weed out what is wisdom from what is folly. But more than anything, it takes self-honest and humility: we have to recognize when folly is telling us what we want to hear, and be willing to turn away from our own comfort and toward the often challenging truth, which requires us to actually change ourselves. Wisdom is by far the most satisfying path, but it requires effort. Folly is by far the more attractive path, but it leads only to confusion, resentment, self-righteousness, and a host of other sins, which cause harm to ourselves and others. May God give us the discernment we need to recognize what is wisdom and what is folly, and the willingness to choose the right path.
How do I discern what is wisdom and what is folly in the barrage of information I receive each day?
