The One Year Bible - Day 196

I was wondering today about the way in which foolishness incurs a debt that is not always easily repaid. Look at Hanun the new king of the Ammonites and the way he foolishly not only mistrusted the gesture from king David but also then humiliated the messengers instead of perhaps sending a message back. He then mustered a war machine and allies in preparation to fight and then lost hopelessly twice. It is hard to imagine what it must be like to have 40000 soldiers killed in a battle but this was a result of foolishness, there is always less debt when we acknowledge mistakes as soon as possible and deal with them. Trying to hide behind pride just leads us to a fall.