Returning to the Vomit

Proverbs 26:11:
“As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.”

A graphic image, deliberately so. Solomon wants the picture to be uncomfortable, because the pattern it describes is uncomfortable: going back, again and again, to the very thing that made you sick. Folly rarely looks appealing in hindsight …and yet we return to it anyway.
Is there a “vomit” in your life … a pattern, relationship, or habit you’ve returned to even after seeing clearly how it harmed you? Naming it honestly is the first step toward finally staying away.

Prayer: God, show me clearly where I’ve kept returning to what harms me. Give me strength to stay away this time. Amen.