Playing the Fool
Desire that is satisfied is
sweet to the soul,
But it is loathsome to fools[i] to depart from evil
(Proverbs 13:19).
There is a principle here: When
we give in to an evil inclination we lose our ability to evaluate it.
Case in point is a man I
know who left his wife and children to move in with his secretary, a woman half
his age. "This can't be wrong," he said, "because it feels so right."
Of course. “Desire that is
satisfied is sweet to the soul." but if the thing desired is bad and we
continue in it, it will lead us to deny the good that we know.
Later, having destroyed his
marriage, his business and his reputation, this man said to me, "How could
I have become such a fool?"
David Roper
4.13.18
[i] There are four kinds of fools in the
Book of Proverbs. This is the kasil, the man or woman who has lost his
or her ability to discern good and evil
