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Give illustrations of ways in which specific styles of foolishness were learned in your early years.
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As a child I had the love of my parents and was well provided for. Unfortunately lost my father in early teens , so as the second of 6children I learnt to look after myself. What was obvious to me at that point I wanted to do my father proud but more difficult was the pressure to take responsibility for younger siblings when I started to work. Also starting my family was difficult and so I learnt that I had to look after myself and find joy and fulfilment in a career I loved.
My life up to this point did not have a clear understanding of a need for God as I had been raised as a nominal Christian.
Since I gave my life to Jesus I am growing in the knowledge of walking with Him. There has been a huge difference between life of Foolishness walking with my wisdom compared to being led of the spirit of God in every detail of my life.
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Naive: A high view of self because of others’ expectations. Learned: n/a. Practiced: Self-reliance.
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I didnt feel loved and suffered abuse and neglect, I withdrew into myself and sulked – I was anger with the world for not making me feel special. So as I got to be an older child I developed/shaped my foolishness into having to act differently/specially to everyone else. I was a Walter Mitty with fantasies of being a hero , very famous, Messianic , Hero/Martyr etc
I could only temporary fool myself that my fantasies met my needs and then would be depressed when they didn’t.
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In my early years there was one thing I wanted very clearly and that was to be loved, which I did not always feel. So in order to get what I wanted I would find ways, especially wih my mom, to do things that would illicit the look of love in spending time with me because of this. Or the opposite, would become defiant which would illicit a very negative response but at least the feeling that I was being seen. I wanted her approval more than God’s and it not only was never enough for me, it was never enough for her. I do not remember the younger years, but as I grew into my teens, those “demands” turned to others, friends, boyfriends, etc. which again was so detrimental.
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I wish I could remember