will surely keep us standing tall generation after generation. We’re reminded in 1 Corinthians 1:18–30 that God didn’t hone his message for the wise, influential elite. Instead, he “chose the foolish things of the world” (v. 27 NIV)—the weak things, the lowly and despised. He did this, Paul writes, “so that no one may boast before him” (v. 29 NIV). We can’t claim to “get” God’s love on any account of our own. It’s not something that we just happen to be smart enough to understand or forward-thinking