Some of us say we believe because we have reason to - and proof. Until we don’t. Then it’s easier to hold onto the edge of logic that says the situation probably won’t change. Because it hasn’t. So, it must be too hard for God, it must not be His will, it must be or not be . . whatever. Faith sees the invisible, believes … [Read more...]
Faith and Doubt
“I’m sorry, there’s nothing more we can do . . .” Wildly hopeless words that I’ve had to hear more than once. At least four times - when a husband and three sons nearly died. One who was in a coma, one in a near fatal car accident, another in kidney failure and yet another with cancer. And what do we do with those … [Read more...]
Faith in the Cracks
We’re all there . . . Here. It’s been difficult, so I'm not adding to the noise of covid. I realize for some our present circumstances may just seem like a nuisance, for others it’s been devastating. I’m in the middle of the end. We all have a thousand stories – many of mine have been about hard times. These past few weeks … [Read more...]
Shipwrecks and Snakebites
Faith is a journey. There’s been times when my journey seemed like a series of shipwrecks and snakebites navigating from one place to the next. Maybe for you, too. In Acts 27 and 28, it tells a little of what the apostle Paul experienced while walking (and swimming) his faith journey across land and sea. It all began way … [Read more...]
Trust in the Storm
Jesus has a way of asking questions to make us think - at just at the right time. He asked His disciples where is your faith in the middle of a storm. He asks the same of me in the middle of mine. Times when I’ve had to put myself right back there in Luke 8:22-25 within the dark waves of a violent storm, sitting next to a … [Read more...]
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