"The Fear of Foolishness"

I decided to quote this from my NEW FAVE BOOK :) In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day, by Mark Batterson. No particular reason why, I just feel it is quote worthy.

"...If you aren't willing to look foolish, you're foolish. In fact, faith is the willingness to look foolish.
"Noah looked foolish building an arc in the desert. Sarah looked foolish buying maternity clothes at ninety. The Israelites looked foolish marching around Jericho blowing trumpets. David looked foolish attacking Goliath with a slingshot. Benaiah looked foolish chasing a lion. The wise men looked foolish following yonder star. Peter looked foolish stepping out of the boat in the middle of the lake. And JESUS ( I add my own caps because its sooo important) LOOKED FOOLISH HANGING HALF-NAKED ON THE CROSS.
" But thats the essence of faith. And the results speak for themselves. Noah was saved from the flood, Sarah gave birth to Isaac. The walls of JEricho came tumbling down. David defeated Goliath. Benaiah killed the Lion. The wise men found the Messaih. Peter walked on water. And Jesus rose from the dead."

God really made this part stand out to me. It is so quote worthy, so profound. It really is soo true. God put the most random situations on the most important people in biblical history. None of them were afraid to look foolish, and all of them were truly blessed by God!
On a more personal and relevent to my life side note. I began writing this blog and was sooo scared to do it!! I was afraid of what people would think of what I wrote, how people may react, and embarrassed about laying it all out there. Can I tell you so far, God has used this to touch sooo many people! I hada fear of looking foolish too and I put that fear aside and followed what God said to do. And I couldn't be happier that He used me to help soooo many people :)
Let's make Godly history. Let's undo the fear of looking foolish!