What do math and foolishness have in common?

“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness.” (Proverbs 26:11 NLT)

If you have a dog, you know they return to vomit. As gross as it is, they eat it. We love our two dogs, Sammy and Brady, and if one of them does throw up, we clean it up quickly. This is a process of holding them away from the liquid mash and hurriedly wiping it up, and tossing it out. They are obsessed with getting that business back inside them.

God does not pull any punches as He fully delivers the insult of being — well — foolish. And who has not been foolish at some point? Either for an extended period of time or momentarily. 

There are some people who live their entire lives this way. While any of us can raise a hand at repealing something that – has no other word that truly calls it out – is foolish. You know, doing the thing you wish you would not be doing, but there you are doing them again. For me, it is eating the wrong foods or too much of them.

What I realized the last time Sammy vomited…

He was nose pointed at it, ready to slurp it back up while having 355 other degrees to turn to, but he chose the five degrees with the mess. We all have 355 degrees to choose from rather than recreating a foolish decision again and again.

Prayer

Like a loving pet owner keeps their pet from the act of eating vomit, God, please strengthen us to keep away from what we harm our spirit, mind, and body with. Light up the other 355 degrees for us. Thank you, Father. Amen.

Your turn

How do you stay away from that five percent? Please share in the comments.

Announcement

Blowing a horn for Jesus!

I am excited to announce that ELOHIM Gospel Ministries has published the magazine issue with my article in it. If you want to take a peek, it is titled Zacchaeus’ Riches in Jesus. I hope and pray it is a blessing for you. If it does bless you, please consider sharing it with someone.

Until next week, keep Walking on Mustard Seeds,

Michele Marie Weisman

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