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MISTAKES we all make them.

“Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.” Proverbs 4:26 “The prudent gives thought to his steps. One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.” Proverbs 14:15-16 It is not idiotic to make an honest mistake, but when we make that same mistake over and over again . . . that’s something else. We ought to learn from mistakes and and not be foolhardy enough to repeat them. It’s not foolish to make a mistake. We all fall in many ways. But foolish describes the person who falls in the same way over and over again. A foolish person never learns. Repetitive unwise decisions and acts is the lifestyle of a fool. A foolish person has careless feet—they don’t think through the consequences of their actions. They never fear until they fall. They fail to reason that this decision if acted on is a little dangerous; I should be careful.” They don’t consider what will happen to themselves or to others as a result of their actions. What’...