Friday!

Proverbs?

When a scoffer is punished, 

the simple becomes wise; 

when a wise man is instructed,

he gains knowledge.

Proverbs 21:11 ESV

We have a scoffer, someone who mocks others. 

We have the simple, the inexperienced, the learner, someone growing up.

And we have the Wise.

I like to think I'm always in that category, gaining knowledge, growing in wisdom. 

Some days maybe.

Some days when I see the effect of people's choices, then I do learn something. There's some increment in wisdom.

And some days I'm much more aligned with the mocker, the scoffer, the one who thinks they have the answers to everything (or at least some things)

There's a 4th person here too.

The person standing outside all of this seeing the scoffer, the simple, and the wise, and that's the author, Solomon, who in a sense represents God, seeing us in all our frailties and mixedupness, with all our strengths and weaknesses, sees the reality of who we are, and loves us anyway.

Chooses us anyway.

Wants to walk with us anyway.

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