Friday, April 20, 2012

Words, Words, Words about Confidence




Rather appropriate for a blog called Questioning my Intelligence, don't you think? I believe that confidence comes not from knowing answers but from faith that you'll figure out what you can and that what you can't answer is simply Mystery.

Most of the questions worth asking don't have concrete answers anyway, and for the most part, our "certainty" is an illusion created by our limited perspective. Perhaps confidence just comes from the optimistic belief that we're part of something bigger than ourselves and someone (God, in my opinion) has a plan and a purpose motivated by love.

Or am I just crazy?

9 comments:

  1. If you're crazy then so am I. I have a confidence in a personal God who is in control and is overflowing with love and grace.

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  2. My confidence comes from knowing there is a God who loves me unconditionally, is sovereign and one who is fulfilling Phil 1:6 in my life.

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  3. That is a great quote! There is a lot of fake confidence out there in my opinion.

    Petra

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  7. Oh my goodness, my computer went crazy! I hope you can delete my unnecessary comments:)

    Petra

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  8. This weekend I had to stand up to a very pushy lawyer. His staff (all women) were so embarrassed by his behavior. Later on in the day, I said it was no problem. All I thought about when he was demanding things was "I could break your nose with one punch, knock you out on the second punch and as you were going down hit you hard enough to make your kidney bleed." Boxing really gives you a lot to think about and maybe a little confidence. ;)

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