I was playing around on Facebook recently and hit one of those links. It was reported to give me my “Warning Sign.” I seldom do things like that, figuring it’s just a way for others to gain information about you. This time, however, I hit that link. This is what I got in return. “Warning! Terry Lema: Be warned that this woman has no time for drama.”
Okay! This time it hit the nail on the head! I don’t have time for drama. Let’s cut to the chase, get to the bottom line, peel away the layers! Maybe that is why I love Proverbs 12:1 so much. “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” [NKJV]
When our grandson was little, his parents didn’t want him to use the word “stupid.” Calling something “stupid” meant timeout. One day PapaBob uttered the word “stupid” in front of our grandson, who immediately jumped on the opportunity to send PapaBob to the timeout chair. He went, although not particularly happy about it.
Solomon had no qualms, however, about using a word we translate as brutish or stupid. “He who hates correction is stupid.” God corrects us, instructs us, so that we might not stray from the right way. He corrects us because He loves us. We may not like to be corrected (no one likes to be told that they are wrong), but we need to embrace correction. That correction will keep us safe, away from the harm intended by the enemy of our soul.
Father, by the power of Your Spirit in me, make me willing to embrace Your correction. I don’t want to be “stupid!”
