I volunteered for several years to counsel inmates in a Colorado prison. Every inmate was incarcerated because of bad choices. Most didn't learn from their mistakes and soon returned after their release. Many had knowledge of right and wrong but, for a myriad of reasons, chose to ignore the wisdom the consequences of their mistakes afforded.
Most of these prisoners had justified their crimes in their minds. They blamed others for their wrong and minimized their responsibilities for doing the right thing (some call this the victim mentality). The truth is they ignored that still small voice some call our conscience. In fact, after living a life of wrong choices most of their consciences had been dulled or even had become nonexistent.
In Proverbs, chapter 1, verses 20-33, the consequences of wrong choices become clear. Every human being is created with an internal sense of right and wrong; we can call it Wisdom. Whether or not a person believes in God is not the point. Deciding to break our pattern of wrong decisions is. When this happens we begin to trust the Wisdom within and we can chose the right thing!
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