Forged By Faith

Matthew 25:32 NIV Dividing lines They exist for a reason and that reason is that, from time to time, distinction must be made between two or more things that are different and need to remain so. It’s this decision, this determination to differentiate between varied groups or priorities or, in this case, eternities. And while strange to we who are here enamored by the pursuit of unity and community and togetherness, the simple truth is that that which is different needs be separated if the differences become so dire as to risk person or possession. In this case both. And that’s because as the Day comes close what we’re seeing is a world still fleeing, failing, forsaking the simple call unto an equally simple faith. So many here in this place still live this life that shows clearly a heart, a mind that’s filled with little if any interest in seeking His glory or even acknowledging His goodness. In fact it could be argued that it’s the majority who have such an outlook. And Judgment Day i...

Matthew 13:40 NIV Kindling There’s a lot that can be said about how someone lives their life. In fact, how we live our lives says all there is to say, all then that needs to be heard. And that’s because our every action, our every word, it’s all but one more piece to the puzzle that is us. And the simple truth is that when all of the pieces do continue to match up, the final picture that begins to show is going to show who it is that we will be known to be because all we do was always done based entirely upon every doubt and belief that defined our existence here. Problem is that we don’t really see all that many of our actions as having such a significance. Instead we all seem of a better ability to see and assume that nearly everything of all that we think, say, do, assume is mostly all but harmless if it’s any of it even noticeable. And indeed, I think we’ve all come unto this belief in which we sure seem to believe that most if not all of all that we do indeed do is just that, it’s...

John 15:6 NIV Out of the Way Simply because that which chooses to be without worth is thus unneeded and to then be unwelcomed within the presence of that which is priceless. For why would that which has purpose consider spending any further time or attention upon that which refuses to consider whatever its purpose might be? Why invite that which delights in doing nothing despite all it’s been given to do something to come alongside that, they whom has done something despite shared reasons not to? Indeed, why accept that which must see itself as unacceptable? Doesn’t that only lean toward a doubt as to what is acceptable and a deeper distance between that which is and that which is but shouldn’t be? For you see, within our lost way of life we’ve all come to this place in mind in which we all manage to in unison find that somehow these lives, though given from their inception an understanding of that which is right and that which is not, we’ve all achieved this communal ability to take a...

John 15:5 NIV Powerless That may perhaps be the very last thing that we will ever think of ourselves as. And that’s because, unto us, we sure seem to have the ability, the capability at least, to do a great many things. And that’s because we have indeed done a great many things. All of us have lived our lives accomplishing, achieving, assuming if nothing else so many things that we’ve all but curated stories, novels of accolades and attributes that, seeing as we seem to have been always the instigators or investigators, sure seem to have come to pass only because of us. Alas, just because we may have had a part in something coming unto fruition, that never actually meant that we were the ones who planted the fruit. In truth we’re but the barren fields in which all that’s planted either yields a crop or simply does not. And I think one day we’re all going to see just how little we did and that when compared to all we could have had we had the humble audacity to see something, seek somet...

Romans 5:6 NIV In due time If only we knew when due time was then perhaps we could understand what due time does. But the sad truth is that we can’t and so then odds are we won’t and that simply because something to be done in due time is a time defined as when it’s due. It’s when something is ready to be done. It’s when the situations and circumstances have either resolved or dissolved into a perfect opportunity for that which is to be done to be done unto the best of its possible meaning. For the reality is that nothing much can mean much unless and until we’re arrived at that time in which the meaning is so obvious that we can’t miss it anymore. Problem is we continue to miss it more and more. And this is truly a confusing predicament in which we find ourselves for the reality is that, while perhaps not all of us, the vast majority of us have heard of the Gospel. And, if even we’ve not heard the entirety of the story, nor then have much if any ability unto the consideration as to th...