Monday, June 16, 2014

I Must Confess, I'm Pretty Foolish In My Wisdom...

02-04-2014

1 Corinthians 1: 25 -- "For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength."

When many in this world experience betrayal, wisdom dictates that they should shut out the betrayer.  We show how strong we are by proving that we can live without them!  As children who have sinned against God, our own definition of wisdom dictates that we should be cast out of existence with all of God’s strength.  Aren’t we blessed that Jesus, who doesn’t need us to begin with, is “foolish” enough to love us; and is “weak” enough that He doesn’t want to live without us, even though He surely can.

Just to be clear… forgiving and loving someone who seeks to harm you is not the same as continuing to be a party to their abuse.  Only that once you are free of their physical or emotional torment, you find the strength to let go of the hatred and anger that are nothing but poison to your own soul, and find freedom to live without the burden that those chains impose.


When someone harms you, it may seem pretty foolish to forgive them… absurd to try to trust them again… and “clinically” insane to love them anyway.  I pray that you are able to find wisdom in the “foolishness” of the Christ, and that you find strength in His “weakness”.  It turns out they’re both tied to the same thing… loving. 


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