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The Gravel in My Shoe
By John Ingrisano and Sponsored by R.J. Maves Photography of Ellison Bay
Sep 14, 2011 - 8:43:41 AM
I have few talents. Give me a hammer, board and nail, and I will struggle over what to do with them. My only talent - and it is a small one – is words. I can write a fairly decent letter and I can, on occasion, bring an audience to its feet (in enthusiasm, not protest) through my public speaking.
However, and this is the irony of my life, I can never find the words in face-to-face conversation to bring nonbelievers to belief. My atheist friends (fine people, by the way, though simply blind to what the faithful see) smile at me, shake their heads, and offer rebuttal or pity if ever I bring up the subject … even though I know beyond doubt that, as I told one of my nonbelieving friends once, “you are way too smart to be an atheist.” (Oh, and that went over really well!)
My point: I think it’s something about being humble, though I accept that point reluctantly. Or maybe it is that when God is ready to open their hearts to the foolishness of what we believe, He will at that time also give me the words. In the meantime … sigh.
“So, where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish. Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom.” -St. Paul (1Corinthians 1:20-22)
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