When I read the verse what stands out is - with her own hands a foolish woman tears hers down. with her own hands would take a long time. I picture her chipping away at big boards. Ripping up a room full of flooring. That would take so much effort. But then if I think of that woman's house as her body. That makes it less hard right? It's not hard to choose fast food for lunch more days out of the week than not. It's a pretty easy choice to have a Dr. Pepper to drink instead of water. Yet, each of those things are going to eventually tear down that body(house). What if we go a step further and think of our heart and mind- our spiritual house. Again, I can see how easy it is to make choices that will tear down that house. Choosing to not read the word today, or pray, or have any quiet time with Him at all. Loosing control of my temper with my child and yelling at them when they've made the same disrespectful comment for the thirtieth time. Or choosing to talk about a friend with another friend, or simply listening to someone speak unkindly about another.
Those things tear down our spiritual house. We can look at those things and see how easy it would be to do one or many things like that in a day. Foolishly tearing down our spiritual house with our own hands. With no one else to lay the blame. I get to choose each day how much time I am spending with the Lord. How much of my day I am building around Him. How much of my thought process I build around Him. How many decisions are built on His wisdom.
I know that the more I am reading about the difference in Proverbs between a wise person and a foolish one the less I want to be foolish!
I will be so mindful today to think before I act to try to avoid tearing down my house with my own hands!
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