I have been flipping through my old notebooks of blog ideas. My oldest one goes back to January of 2017. I have over eight years of ideas scribbled on those pages. There are thoughts about life pre-Covid, during the pandemic shutdown, and afterward. Page after page is filled with one or two lines of concepts that I thought would one day make a good post.

Here is what I discovered as I read through those books. The same issues exist no matter what year it is. There are descriptions of people struggling with God, the Church community, the pastor, the Bible, and one another. There are insights into how we relate to our spouses, children, coworkers, and other Christians. Every page has something about the Bible, understanding faith, and how our beliefs impact our lives.

The calendar may change, and technology might improve with it, but the basic needs of humanity, as they relate to God and his word, remain the same. It is no wonder why the Bible affirms, “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:24). No matter how much things change, the more they stay the same. Whatever is grounded in the Bible will always be applicable.

Today is April 1st, and I was taught that it is the day of the “April Fools.”

My brother would make up wild stories and tell me first thing in the morning. I would believe every word. Then he would laugh and say, “April Fools.”

In the book of Proverbs, there are three categories of people. First, there is the naïve. These are people who have no idea what to do in life, but they keep doing things. Second, there is the wise. These people know the right thing to do, as instructed by God, and they do it. Third, there is the fool. These are people who know the right thing to do, as instructed by God, but they ignore it and do whatever they want.

A fool in the Bible is someone who does whatever they want and then is surprised when things do not work out well. These people exist all year round, not just today.