Foolish Faith

They told me Godly faith was much like love:
So beautiful and passionate - but blind.
They said that to have faith in God above
I'd have to leave my intellect behind.

They claimed a blind and reckless leap was needed
To come to faith in God through Jesus Christ
For many years this bad advice was heeded
But inwardly I paid a heavy price.

I lived my reckless faith, and though I tried
I always failed to take a real stand.
I wondered why I felt so weak inside:
I didn't know my house was built on sand.

I learned to spurn what other people said
When they would challenge things that I believed,
And like an ostrich burying it's head
I was to blind to see I'd been deceived.

And yet my mind still questioned what I claimed
So deep within a fight was often fought
A war for which my intellect was blamed
When it was often 'faith' that was at fault.

But I'd been taught a common fallacy:
That faith and logic share no common ground-
That faith is proved by my ability
To trust in evidence that can't be found.

And yet this "faith" is not true faith at all
For true faith never circumvents the mind,
And trusting Jesus helps us not to fall
But reckless faith is dangerous and blind.

-Our minds do need renewal that is clear,
And real wisdom comes from God alone
But intellect is not a thing to fear:
We need to have foundations set in stone.

So if you love the Lord with all your heart
And yet see rationality as blind,
May I suggest you make a brand new start
To love your God with all your heart...and mind.