The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
- Psalm 14:1 (NIV)
April 1st used to be a scary day in my house, you never knew what shenanigans we would be up to, whether it was my husband trying to get me or the kids trying to get each other or us getting the kids, someone was going to get pranked.
My kids used to dislike April first because their dad and I would fabricate something to annoy them like filling their room with balloons, Vaseline on the door handle, colored light bulbs to convince them they were seeing things… once we even told them we were moving to Alaska.
Then when they tried to get revenge on us, they failed.
It was bad enough that one year when my husband and I didn’t do anything, the kids were terrified that we were pulling the all-time biggest prank (in all honesty we had forgotten)!
Look! There is a cat behind you!
April Fool’s! (although in my case very possibly true!)
How many of us have been on the receiving end of a silly harmless April Fool’s prank or joke?
How many of us have instigated the silliness?
The history of April Fool’s day is interesting, if you have time, check out https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/april-fools-day.
But - there are some people that take the April Fool’s pranks a little too far, not realizing that the words they think are funny are actually causing another pain – for example posting on social media that you are pregnant is a horrible joke to someone struggling with infertility or the loss of a child, so I beg you to think before you post a “prank” like that.
Some people believe that God was foolish to send His only Son to die for humankind.
Some people believe that in doing so God was setting Himself up for the greatest disappointment.
There are a lot of people out there that don’t appreciate the sacrifice that God made but you might be surprised at how many people do appreciate Him.
The fool says there is no God.
According to the dictionary, atheist is “a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods” agnostic is “a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God or of anything beyond material phenomena; a person who claims neither faith nor disbelief in God”.
Every person out there has the right to choose what they believe, but honestly, w hat is it about God that people find so offensive?
The Bible says that being a fool is a question of identity, it begins with what a person believes in his heart (Proverbs 23:7) and a fool believes that he only has himself to rely on, that there is no God.
The enemy will do everything he can to make you not believe.
This quote attributed to Albert Camus rings true for me: “I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.”
Don’t be a fool.
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