COMMON SENSE

Proverbs 10:21
The godly give good advice,
but fools are destroyed
by their lack of common sense.



Have you noticed that common sense is not really all that common? There’s a story about a man who went to see a doctor because of some pain he was experiencing on his left foot. After a thorough examination, the doctor concluded that he has Buerger’s disease. He was advised to give up smoking. He returned to the doctor 2 years later and admitted he had not entirely given up smoking. To make matters worse, his foot pain was even more severe than when he had last visited. Another year later on his third visit, there were no changes to his condition and he was now in serious danger of having his foot amputated. For several years after, the man made no appearances at his doctor’s office. From the fear, the man had finally chosen to stop smoking. He was healthy again with this arteries pulsating and a normal blood flow. The man had been cured without surgery or medication, but his lack of common sense to heed to wise advice had almost been his doom. Do you find yourself receptive to good advice or do you succumb to your sinful habits? Your answer just might unveil your level of common sense.