Mom Heart Moments #129

The woman of folly is boisterous, she is naive and knows nothing. She sits at the doorway of her house, on a seat by the high places of the city, calling to those who pass by, who are making their paths straight: “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” and to him who lacks understanding she says, “Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

TODAY’S PASSAGE DEPICTS A VOICE of foolishness. Her name is Folly, and she is calling out to those who are passing by “who are making their paths straight.” She wants to bring these, our children —whose lives we have sought to put on the “path of life” for our Lord Jesus —to destruction. She calls out to them with lies, deception, and promises of love and fulfillment, through the world’s ways.

Earlier, Solomon depicts the other voice that is crying out —that of Wisdom. She sets her table, cooks her food, and makes her place one of life and beauty, an atmosphere where love has prepared a meal. She then calls out to the sons of men and invites them to her home to learn from her (Proverbs 9:1-6). She is there to call these youth to excellence, beauty, and truth to help them safely go through the passage of teenage years unscathed. She sings a beautiful song!

And so, as we reflect the image of God through our lives in our homes, it is a necessity of our spiritual warfare that we provide and cultivate havens of comfort for our families: shelters in the storms of life, filled with wisdom, love, pleasure, and deep satisfaction in an atmosphere of showing God’s reality through it all. God was a creative artist —in His image, we create the art of life and so sing a beautiful song that will be louder to our children’s souls than the song of culture.

In what ways does the voice of Folly call out to your own children —or even to you? How can you silence her today?