Prov. 1:22

HOW LONG, YOU SIMPLE ONES, WILL YOU LOVE INANITY,
HOW LONG WILL YOU TURN AWAY AT MY REPROOF?
LO! I WILL POUR OUT TO YOU MY SPIRIT,
I WILL ACQUAINT YOU WITH MY WORDS.
Prov. 1:22

Inane: Lacking sense or substance.

Ouch.
Lacking sense is bad but somehow my personal filter does not see it as something extremely bad, normal- everybody lacks sense so ...it is not really bad....that is what my filter says... sounds real wise, no?
Ouch.
Lacking sense brings so much destruction into our lives... it is real bad.

but then there is that part...lacking substance
OUCH!
It hurts...lacking substance...being hollow...not real...not gold... "made in China" kind... lacking substance.

I am getting to this point where it is hard to lift up my eyes, they are dropping down in shame.
Please!!!! before you speak to me on grace...please...do not say a word.
I believe that the Holy Spirit is trying hard to soften my heart so it will be fully aware of its reality and then be able to reach a point of true repentance, grief and groans of pain...deep pain...a needed step to call out for mercy and ask for a change.
So allow the Holy Spirit to bring true repentance into my heart...I have learned there is extreme beauty in accepting discipline.

Lacking substance...how long will you love inanity? How long will you turn away at my reproof?

mmm...when one accepts God's reproof then one can become one with sense...one with substance... how beautiful...

Boy, if God allows us to reach this point of growth...
I won't recognize myself!!!
But it would be so good, so good...
May God have mercy and allow us to get that far.