Interesting! This email just happens to coincide with April Fool’s Day! 😉

We make many decisions daily. What activities or business dealings will fill our hours? Choices about who to spend time with, how to spend time and money, where to live, how to raise kids, and how and when to influence others.

According to the book of Proverbs, two personified female voices call out to us, Wisdom and Folly (or Foolishness). Today, we probably hear them through our phones, in the media or social media.

Therefore, we desperately need discernment, especially since the consequences of following the two voices have dramatically different outcomes.

Proverbs 9:13-16 (NLT) describes Folly as “brash” and “ignorant”. She looks out over the city and calls to those “minding their own business” and to “those who lack good judgment”. For those who follow Folly, their future is summed up as, “Entering her house leads to death; it is the road to the grave” (Proverbs 2:18 NLT).

Yikes! Let’s make a U-turn and hear what the voice of Wisdom has to say.

Wisdom calls out in the city and at crossroads. Her instruction “is like a life-giving fountain” (13:14). She will protect and guard you (4:6). “She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left. She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying . . . [H]appy are those who hold her tightly” (Prov. 3:16-18 NLT).

Whoa! The better choice seems obvious but temptation can make sin pretty appealing.

May we be cautious and wise in our pathway decisions. And may contemplating the principles—not promises—of Proverbs guide us to right choices and a blessed life.