"Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
This whole issue of college selections, among other things, often place a great deal of stress upon myself to somehow simply produce magical qualities of supposed superiority, in order to appear slightly more prospective to colleges in comparison with both my peers, and the rest of the world.
It makes it very easy to attempt to rely on oneself for strength, to try and simply work to succeed via brute force and effort. Such is the American dream--to take nothing, and through effort and sweat, turn it into something more. But such is not reality.
Certainly there are some men with more wealth than others, and there are some with seemingly "better" positions than others. But this obsession with power, this obsession with the "best" is, I believe, ultimately detrimental to the production of quality work in the long run anyway. When I am competing with others, I am not attempting to produce quality work--I am attempting to win, I am trying to survive. What truly needs to happen is realize that I am working for a purpose, for a King, and that is why I need to do well.
One might try to live up to the standards of other people--but is not the true source of both knowledge and inspiration the Lord? Was it not He who formed both the marvelous heavens and the mysterious Earth? Even as we learn more about it, the more we learn of the Lord's work, the more perplexing and incredible it becomes.
It defies human endeavors, and declares that there is none other than the LORD.
No matter how wise we become, no matter how strong we might believe ourselves to be, we will never even become close to the wisdom of God's foolishness, nor to the strength of his weakness. As such, we must cling to Him, and He shall sustain us through every day.
I hope that some may read, somewhere, and be glad by it. It does me good to write for Christ.
