Saturday, April 14, 2018

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

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