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A co-worker who moved to Barbados a couple of months ago, told me about her cousin from overseas who’d recently visited her in Barbados. It was his first time there. Within a day of his arrival, her cousin borrowed her car. My co-worker sat beside him as he drove around the island. They eventually came to a roundabout and my co-worker instructed him to turn left.
“No,” he responded, “we’d better go right.”
My colleague pointed out
she was the one who lived here, but he was adamant. He
knew where he was going. He’d glanced at the map before they left the house. When it turned out to be the wrong road, he simply said: “I
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Why is it that we can so clearly see the mistakes of others, and yet repeat these same mistakes in our own lives?
I am convinced we are meant to learn from the experiences of others. Wisdom is the overriding theme of the book of Proverbs. In Proverbs we are repeatedly warned to avoid foolish behaviour. For instance, Proverbs chapter 4, verses 14 and 15 say: “Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.”
Recently, in doing my devotions I came across a baffling account in 1 Samuel chapter 8 verses 1-3.