So far no one has gotten me.
I'm not gloating. There are still a lot of opportunities for pranks on this lovely spring day.
The good natured definition of the "fool" we think about on April 1 is someone who is naive, easily taken in by a ruse, the kind of person you love to kid. Sally [name changed to protect the guilty], a girl from my youth, is the perfect example. Likely, you have a prime example as well. Be kind to the Sallys and Howards of the world on this day that celebrates the prank-vulnerable.
The first nine chapters of Proverbs speaks of the naive--in particular of the male variety--and warns them that they may be taken-in by those whose agenda includes much more than a good laugh.
Often, though, when the Bible speaks of a fool it is talking not about someone who is slow to catch on, but someone who is unwilling to yield, that is, yield to God.
"The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good." (Psalm 14:1, NIV
Don't be a fool. Today, or any day.
It's STTA.
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