Inversions

It seems like there are multiple examples of inversions in the text. We see the disciples try to shoo away the children, and then we see Jesus saying that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as those.

We see a rich man live an apparently Godly life, yet we see him sent away by Jesus when He won't sell all for His ministry.

We see those who give up anything for His sake will receive a hundred times as much as a reward.

And we hear that the first shall be last, and the last first.

We hear the inversions of human "rationality" over and over and over again, that I wonder why it is that we try to use "rationality" to understand "better" than others, and in so doing, create a hierarchy by which we can condemn others.

It seems like one of the fundamental tenets of the faith is the faith in the irrational. With God, all things are possible, like a dead man coming to life. But, at the end of the day, the act itself is irrational. So, why create a "rationalized" faith system upon which so many of us hang our hats in order to belong?

Are we being true to the faith, by working it so hard, "rationally?" There is worship, there is the belief in Christ, crucified, and risen. But what else does there need to be, and do we need it enough to create such divisiveness that drives the moderate away from faith?

I don't know. I read Jesus' words, knowing they are translations, and yet knowing that they are there to describe fundamental concepts, nuggets of wisdom that are the true fundamentals of faith, and which translate relatively poorly into the rationality of verbal description and understanding. It just seems a shame that the words become the tools of faith, rather than that which the words seem to be representing.

Oh well, I will stick with the irrationality, and enjoy my faith in it.