Avoid the Counsel of The Wicked
Psalm one begins with: “Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked.” Of course, we wish the circle of all our friends are only good people and thank God that they are not involved in some shady deals, mafia and the like. That’s what I initially understood it to be about. I am sure you just finished scanning all your friends mentally. For full disclosure, I did it too in my mind. I found the meaning behind the counsel of the wicked to be more extensive than I thought. I came to understand that it could simply mean buying into the world’s ways. That made me realize that we always end up with a big mess, when we have become so in love with our own selves instead of God. It is easy for us to slide into the wicked category. None would like to consider themselves wicked! However, we humans, have been nasty to each other, and validated our excuses for doing it. Cain and Abel are our very first example which ended in tragedy. Who will fix this? The United Nations have not...