“Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” – Proverbs 9:6 Every day, if you look, you can find examples of people who do stupid things and die. It seems hard to believe, but for some people, the lure of stupidity is so strong they will risk their lives for it. You might remember that there used to be a television show, aptly named Jackass, totally devoted to showing people risking life and limb while doing stupid, dangerous things. It was taken off the air. Unbelievably, people who watched the show were inspired to imitate the dangerous stunts they had just witnessed. Proverbs puts…

It is all there waiting for you. The table is beautifully set. A banquet of the finest meat and wine has been specially prepared. More importantly, the invitation has your name on it! Wisdom is calling to you. Come and enjoy everything she has to offer. Wisdom has set the table, offering long life, understanding, and prosperity. What can be more important that answering the call to wisdom? Certainly not watching television. But it didn’t take long for tv watching to become the go to pastime for our society. I am guilty of this myself. The lure of the big black box can be irresistible at times, even for me,…