An email, I wanted to share.

This is something i was thinking about the other day, and i sent it to my dad via email, but i thought i would place it on my blog, just in case anyone still reads this thing.

So Monday, I was walking back to work from my review and some high school kids stopped me and asked if I wanted to do a survey. The first question they asked was, "Do you believe in God?" I, of course, answered, "Yes," but for some reason the next question threw me a bit. They asked me why! And for a second there I couldn't give an answer. But then I said because it is obvious to me that there is one due to everything around me. So I thought about my answer tonight after I read through I Cor. 1 (I decided to read thru that book again) and additionally why I had paused. That answer wasn't the reason I believe, it is merely proof that substantiates what I believe. I suppose if I think about it the reason I believe what I do, is that I have seen God work, not only in my own life, but in others and in his Word (but isn't this just more evidence to support what I believe?). But my question is, do I have to have a reason? Doesn't it ultimately come down to faith? I believe because I choose to (or perhaps because God chose that I would *wink wink) I guess it was just something I hadn't thought about in a while. To get to the reason I was thinking about this is the discussion in I Cor. 1 about the gospel seeming like foolishness to the world, but the very Power of God to those who believe. We don't need to convince others why we believe what we do, even if this seems like foolishness to them. We just share what Christ has done, and if they are called, it will be the very Power of God in their lives, if not, it will seem to be foolishness.