Is mocking a foolish scheme?

TODAY’S PROVERB: A foolish scheme is sin, and people detest a mocker. Proverbs 24:9, TLV

Mocking. It changes the atmosphere around us like pollution. It can stick to our souls like toxic waste — both the giver and receiver. It undermines all that is good.

Good-natured kidding can be fun. It’s okay to not take ourselves so seriously. A bit of laughter over our mistakes can take the edge off a failure. But that ribbing can so quickly turn into mocking. It ceases to be helpful when the recipient becomes weary of the jabs. Or it strikes a wound that hurts deeply.

Being careful with our words is important because we are as responsible for the damage we cause with them, as we would be with a weapon.

When others mock us, we can go to our Abba for detoxification and a restoration of shalom — peace — around us and in us. It begins with forgiveness and then our Heavenly Father begins the healing process.

May our words edify, my friends.

Proverbs 24:9 Tree of Life Version – TLV, #tlvbible, #tlvproverbs