Up With Stupid!

We should not call others stupid, but stupid does overtake everyone at certain moments. The secret is -- keep it a secret as best you can! A customer called her telephone company and asked, "how do I print my voicemail?" It's been wisely said, "better to keep your mouth closed and thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

 

Solomon, with all his God-given wisdom, felt brutish or stupid: "Surely I am more brutish [stupid] than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy." (Proverbs 30:2-3)  His admission of stupidity only fueled him to seek God more. Solomon wanted to avoid vanity and pride, which hinders knowing God more. What a model for the wise!  Now, we certainly do not advocate stupidity as the world defines it, but to remain humble and teachable unto God is a challenge for each of us. Crass as it may sound, in our spiritual lives --  up with stupid!