Look Like a Fool

I was working at a camp last week, and as we were hiking, a couple of the campers behind me were talking. One of them said to the other enthusiastically, "I hope we get to play volleyball." The other replied, "Not me, I suck at volleyball." I immediately thought to myself, "I doubt he doesn't want to play. He just doesn't want to look silly in front of his friends." How unfortunate it is that we live in a society wherein we are are taught, for fear of looking foolish, to avoid what we're not good at. What is even more unfortunate is that this is even more pervasive in Christian culture. Sometimes I'm so overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for who God is I just gotta let it out. Heaven help me if I refrain because I would look like a fool, or even worse...a child. There are countless times I have refrained from praying for a sick or lame person because it would look weird or telling a random stranger how amazing they are in God's eyes. What a travesty! If all of us could just get over it, the world would be a much different place.