Stones of Offense of Another Sort
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. Proverbs 27:3
What does this proverb mean? It means a fool who loses his cool is insufferable. The wise man wins souls, but the unleashed fool torments the spirits of men and grinds them to powder.
Do you know this individual? I think you do. As a matter of fact, we all do. Each one of us may, at this point, borrow the words of the old Jedi: “Well of course I know him. He’s me.”
Brothers and sisters, we are sinners, and this means we’ve been insufferable to God and men. Sometimes we still are. Our guilt in this alone—our foolish anger—is enough to sink us to the deepest levels of hell. The mere thought of it is pulverizing. Is there really hope for people like us?