This morning my wife announced she’s pregnant. Ha! I knew better than to be taken in by that April Fool’s prank. She’ll need a more clever ruse before I play the fool.

The scriptures mention a variety of fools. One stands out as particularly malevolent. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

This fool is morally deficient. He acts corruptly, chews people up and frustrates the poor. Such fools live solely for themselves and take whatever possible from others. They justify their actions by denying the existence of God, allowing them to develop a unique moral code, which just happens to benefit themselves.

Such cruelty exists in every generation. These fools strategically exploit. Sadly, good people may live their entire lives under the thumb of their evil.

Fortunately, God is present in the company of the righteous. At some point, in the present or in the future, salvation will arrive from Zion and the Lord will restore his people.

No joke.

Psalm 14 in reading the Bible in 2023

Photo by Rachel