I came from Kentucky stock that traces its linage back to Ireland. One of the good things passed down to the common Kentuckian from their forefathers is common sense. One of the bad things is Irish whiskey. As one Irishman said, “God allowed whiskey to be invented to keep the Irish from ruling the world.”
Education has nothing to do with common sense. There’s a lot of educated fools running around today. For the most part, the world’s elite intelligentsia look down on the those who possess common sense. Their practical approach to life is a threat to the other’s manufactured and complicated way of life. As my Mom used to say about such, “They don’t have sense enough to come in out of the rain.”
What is the book of Proverbs other than inspired common sense? A book, I might add, that was penned by a wise man. Common sense always makes sense, it is easily understood. From the human side, common sense is one of the key tools in understanding truth. Generally speaking, those who display practical everyday common sense think deeply about the things that matter in life.
One with common sense doesn’t know all things, but he or she knows the important things of life. Like the educated Professor passing through a country town who asked a farmer if he knew the direction to a nearby city. The latter answered, “Nope, I don’t know.” To which the former replied, “You don’t know much, do you? The farmer answered, “I know I ain’t lost.”
“The ‘common people heard Him gladly,’ because He approached life in a common sense way.” (rds)
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