My name and fashion never come up in the same sentence. I am
not an expert in what looks good or how to dress. The only days I look good are the days I
check with Hailee before I go out. In high school I never wore jeans or khakis,
I rocked out to jogging pants. This past week I got to where an outfit that
took the cake.
It was a multiple color shirt and pants combo. My friend
Bella and I found these outfits at Goodwill years ago and decided to where them
to volleyball. I made a wager with a
friend that MSU would beat Indiana in basketball in their first meeting this
year. MSU lost and therefore I had to where this outfit. Not a look I plan on
keeping.
Sometimes in life we can look like a fool with what we say
or do. I have been a fool many times in my life. Often times it dealt with
faith. When figuring out what faith in Jesus was truly about, then after making
a decision to follow Christ I looked like a fool multiple times. I would make ignorant
comments about faith and the Bible….
How could a loving God allow evil in the world?
If Jesus is love, why do his people do the opposite?Oh man, someone is asking me a question about the Bible and I have no idea what the answer is.
These were some of the comments and questions I had with
faith. I tried not to look like a fool and probably did.
1 Corinthians 1:19-21…
“For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise man?
Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world
through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of
what was preached to save those who believe.”
I was a fool and confused with what I believed in God. Yet I
one point, I thought I knew the truth. Christians were just hypocrites who
believed in God’s word but did the opposite. I thought I could prove a
Christian wrong with their faith because most didn’t understand it and what God
taught. People proved to me that God was a lot smarter than me. I gave me life
over to Christ and soon people started asking me how I could believe in it and
I had no response. In life we look like a fool sometimes.
1 Corinthians 1:25…
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and
the weakness of God is strong than man’s strength.”
God is smarter, stronger and more brilliant then I. It took
a lot for me to realize I will always have questions in faith. There would be
things that confuse me and through all God is still God and I am not. I was a
fool and it was more than the clothes I wore.
Throughout history scholars have said people would give up
on faith and turn towards something else. Year after year God is still here and
over it all. The church is still here even though numbers show more and more
people give up on faith and stop going. A smart man once told me, “What I know
of God and Jesus is one tenth of one percent and that might be an
overstatement, but I know enough to know he exists, he is all powerful and all
knowing.”
We all look like fools at times, but we don’t always have
too. What questions do you have on faith? What questions have people asked on
faith and you had no idea how to respond? Seek the answers, you might not always
find the answer, that is where faith can overtake us and it over took me. I
didn’t want to believe in Jesus until I had all the answers. I never had all my
questions answered, but I still believe in Jesus. Sometimes in life there is
beauty in the unknown. What do you think?
Have a great day.
