The wisdom of man is foolishness to God. Come again? The wisdom of God is foolishness to man.

I make a lot of decisions in my life that people around me don't understand. (Spending 24 hours online, writing my thoughts and posting them for the world to see is just one of them!) Things like taking a job close to home because I want to be more available for the students in our ministry (my husband and I run a college ministry at a two-year college in our town) doesn't make as much sense as keeping the job that is a little further away but pays better. Driving 45 minutes to a church is another thing that seems to not make sense. Even telling the truth is sometimes a mystery, when a 'little white lie' could make me look better, or could at least keep me out of trouble.

But if I can have faith that God knows what is best for me, that He sees further than I do, both into the future and into the hearts of people, then I can begin to do those very difficult things that people consider foolish. I don't do this to be a martyr, or to get glory for myself, and any thanks I get is usally silliness to me because the rewards God plants in my heart and in my life are so much greater than that.

This may seem to stretch the point of looking to God for truth and unplugging myself from the Matrix of our society's truth, but I don't think so. I think it just takes the point a little deeper.