“Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.” Ecclesiastes 10:3

“You’re not going to believe this,” were the first words out of Katie’s mouth as she walked in the door from work. Pulling up this picture taken 10 minutes before, she said, “What is wrong with this world? Are people really THIS STUPID?”  Her naivety can be so cute sometimes!

She went on to say, “whole families traveled the Oregon Trail over 2100 miles without signs this huge and ugly. Yet people can’t cross a parking lot without 3 of them trashing the landscape?” I didn’t have the heart to tell her only about 20% of those Oregon Trail travelers actually went all the way. AND that they trashed Wyoming, sacrificing long term benefit for immediate ease. Fools tend to do that!

Later that afternoon, I pulled into another parking lot and saw a man, about 10 years older than me, drive up in a sporty little BMW convertible (WHY?) with the top down. I watched him get out of his car, then lock the door with the key… the top still down!

Now I admit to being FAR from perfect. Though not be the brightest bulb on the tree, I am not stupid. In fact, ‘stupid’ is at the top of my personal list of intolerable things!  I can handle ignorance. But not the stupid! God made me in His image, gave me a conscience (basic common sense) and later wrote the Bible. While today’s cell phones grant access to every kind of information in seconds, foolishness just seems to grow!

Those signs are there to speak to pedestrians, “Walk Here!” To drivers, “beware of walkers here!” But to the owners, and the zoning officials who require them, the signs say, “don’t blame us if stupid happens… we warned you!” Which is EXACTLY WHY God sent His Son and gave us His Word. So what other name can be given to someone who doesn’t pay Him attention

Does the world see you as foolish for God? Or does God see you as a worldly fool?