Greetings Dear Reader,
There are times when those who claim to follow Christ are
fools. They deny honest science. They make up things to prove their faith that
are unnecessary. They pack more into
what is required of Christ followers than is real. What is real is hard enough.
These things that others represent that are false are foolish
as they detract from the Gospel. When we
do things that detract it hurts us all.
It destroys any credit we might get for the good we do.
There are also things that appear to be foolish that are not
if we are following Christ. We forgive
wrongs over and over again without belittling the guilty. We give grace when it is undeserved. We show mercy when we do not have to show
it. We put our faith in the future. We have hope when things seem hopeless.
When Christ followers act in these ways they are choosing cognitively
to appear foolish for the sake of the Gospel.
We have weighed our options and chosen love and compassion over almost
everything else. We appear to be fools because
when we are lied to, betrayed, and wronged we choose not to give retribution.
We are not super human or above anyone else. We bleed when we are pricked. We laugh and we cry. It is just that when we are wronged, we do
not revenge. When we have power, we do
not abuse. When we have abundance we
share. We think of others first.
If you look for the good kind of fool you may find a real
Christ follower. They will not be perfect
but they are worth knowing. Watching
them even in their failures can teach us how to be such a fool.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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Thorn:
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