Marks of a Prudent Person

<p>When you read a post on social media and it makes an unverified claim, do you automatically assume that it’s true?</p> <p>Do you make hasty decisions based on your emotions rather than taking the time to pray?</p> <p>Have you ever had a caution in your soul about whether or not to do something, but you ignored it and ended up getting hurt by your own choice?</p> <p>What do these questions have in common? All of them are related to a lack of prudence. A lack of prudence can turn life into one mess after another.</p> <p>Included in the definitions of “prudent” you’ll find this gem of a statement: “Cautious not to act when the end is of doubtful utility.” In other words, a prudent person isn’t going to do something without considering the possible outcome of the actions. Prudence really enriches a person’s life. The wisdom of being a prudent person leads to less worry, a lot less drama, and less clean-up of self-made messes.</p> <p>This episode walks through four verses about the prudent person. We’ll see some identifying marks that can help us to make some life improvements.</p>