I’ve never met a bear I didn’t like – until now…
Proverbs 17:12 – “Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly”
Really?!?!
That, my friends, is what you call an incredible statement.
Why is this incredible? Because it’s not just some cute statement to frame and put on your desk…it literally is truth. This is wisdom given from the creator of the entire universe to Solomon. And God told him that a person would actually be better off running into a ticked off bear that wants to rip your face off than run into a fool trapped in his or her own foolishness.
This begs the question – what does God consider foolishness? Or better yet, who are the fools?
That said, I think prudence is my new favorite hobby. Because one, I don’t want to be considered a fool and two, getting my face ripped off by a bear doesn’t sound like much fun either.
