Saturday, August 24, 2002
Saturday, August 24, 2002
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is
weak in the world to shame the strong.
"I've grown up in a world of superheroes--Wonder Woman,
Superman, Captain Marvel, the Fantastic Four. Ordinary people
like me, without super powers or limbs that stretch for miles or
the ability to change form--well, they can't be heroes. Or can
they? That long list in Hebrews [chapter 11] contains a
telling phrase: 'They were weak, but became strong.' It seems
that strength and super powers are not prerequisites to
hero-ness. God's heroes are weak people who have simply made
themselves available.
"Being a hero is not ducking into a phone booth and
putting on tights and a flashy costume...It is acknowledging our
weakness and limitations and making all that we have available to
God."
(1 Corinthians 1.27
NRSV)
The amazing thing about the men listed in
Hebrews 11 is not how heroic they were but how human, how
ordinary, how very much like us. Their courage and their
character were not their own. For the writer of Hebrews they were
the essence of what faith is all about. I like the way Mary Lou
Redding put it in the magazine, ALIVE NOW sometime back. She
writes:
Dear God, I am available to you. I just need your help in getting rid of the obstacles. Amen.
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