Lamenting Common Sense

Scripture:
Dear friend, guard Clear Thinking and Common Sense with your life;
don’t for a minute lose sight of them.
They’ll keep your soul alive and well,
they’ll keep you fit and attractive.
Proverbs 3:21-22

Observation: The more accurate translation of verse 21 tells the reader to hang onto "wisdom and understanding" - common words in Proverbs referring to the Lord's word and instructions - however "clear thinking and common sense" are an interesting spin on the same idea. These two ideas are so basic. They don't imply education or advanced philosophical thought, but rather just imply basic logic. And what elements of modern life completely defy "clear thinking and common sense"?

-- Celebrating babies being born either 'girl' or 'boy', then declaring that genders are fluid and non-binary

-- Protesting when police arrest a person who fights against them while committing a violent crime because we say the police did it due to the color of his skin

-- Celebrating the idea that everyone has an abnormal mental health anomaly, ignoring the fact that wasn't true just 30 years ago

-- Holding elections for the benefit of our country, and in those elections attempting to critically destroy everything we can about our country and our people

-- Justifying terrorist aggression as if it's a valid act of a territorial war, ignoring the history of the actual territory and local violent oppression

-- Stating we want to help the homeless and destitute restore their lives, while also facilitating 'safe' drug use

-- Refusing to allow trained individuals to examine the emotional stability of teens whose brains we know are undergoing major physiological change, and also defending the teens' access to guns

Application: I know very, very well there are hundreds of millions of people who would read what I just wrote and declare ME as the problem with society today. They would call me ignorant, racist, intolerant, privileged, unenlightened, uninformed, bigoted ... hateful.

And here is all I will say of them ... their souls are not alive and well, but I pray for their good that they will be someday.

Prayer: Lord, so many believers on earth have been declaring hope in 'awakening' and 'revival'. Oh, that it may be so, Lord! We as a society are in such a dark place. First and foremost, may we be your light. And second, may that light spark light in others and become a roaring flame. Amen.