Reality Check

“As a dog returns to his own vomit, a fool repeats his folly,” Prov. 26:11.

Well, if that’s not a slap in the face! A significant portion of the Bible is just that. Like a rude awakening, this Proverb jolts the senses and the soul.

Whereas so many devotionals are low-calorie spiritual food that specialize in sugary warm fuzzies (which are likely the most popular, too), there are times when a devotional thought needs to shake me by the shoulders and turn my head around.

Whether the distraction is money, lust, food, drunkenness (alcohol or drugs), aspects of the hell-bound life Satan still throw...