My Adventures

All That Glitters

The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
She sits in her doorway
on the heights overlooking the city.
She calls out to men going by
who are minding their own business.
“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
“Stolen water is refreshing;
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave. ~Proverbs 9:13-18


            I was walking into work the other day when I noticed something on the pavement outside of a set of big glass doors. I walked over to investigate. It was a small bird lying lifeless on the ground. I could see no obvious injuries but it was most definitely dead. I understood what must have happened. It was a bright sunny day, with blue skies and a few puffy white clouds. The bird had obviously seen the reflection of the open sky opposite the window and thought that it was a perfect place to soar. He paid the price for his mistake.
            In today’s world Folly is calling out loudly to many who lack good judgment telling them that her poor reflection of happiness is what they need and countless people are falling for it, especially our young people. They fail to realize that they have turned their backs on the truth. What they are going towards isn’t a beautiful world of freedom, but an ugly, twisted, dark world of bondage and ultimately death.
All is not lost, however, earlier in Proverbs 9 we see that Wisdom is also calling out to them.

“Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved its seven columns.
She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.
She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
“Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”

            The question is, will we be Wisdom’s servants? Will we invite everyone to come, leave their simple ways behind and begin to live?