Text: "A wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands a foolish one tears hers down" (Proverbs 14:1).

Principle: Wise and foolish choices build up or tear down your life.

Objects: 54 pieces of 2 x 4 lumber, 10½ inches long; two tables.

Purpose: To help people see the impact of small choices.

Action: Start with the pile of wood on one table, and block by block start building a tower on the other table that has 3 blocks to a layer. Add layer on layer (each layer lying perpendicular to the one beneath it), talking about how wisdom builds a house. Once the house is built, start taking blocks out towards the bottom and casting them on the floor. Talk about how foolish choices make our life precarious and vulnerable to falling. After several blocks have been removed, pull one out that makes it all crash down.