Folly

"The message of the cross is folly," 1 Corinthians 1:18.

Folly? It's what it says. Like foolishness, folly? Yep. Folly, like foolishness. That's the way it is for people who are dying. Who are perishing. (Meaning: for people who reject the cross' saving power. And so who will die without the salvation it brings.) But. For people being saved by the message of the cross, it is the power of God. Not folly. Power! For us who depend on it, we trust this folly (as human wisdom calls it) as the power of God for our healing into forever life in communion with God. And with his once crucified on the cross, but now Risen, Christ!

We visit with a brother or sister today to remind each other of God's power. And together we give God thanks that the word of Jesus' cross saves.