Forged By Faith

Psalm 37:16 NIV Less is less Just of nothing that we’ll want and even less of all we’ll need. For with less exists this opportunity of humility coming along and convincing us to keep going along what is the eternal path that’s paved in devotion and its ability to keep ever-lit this raging fire that lives this life through these eyes that see finally these lies for the lies they are rather than the lives we thought we wanted. And indeed, within this world we are surrounded by so many things that can become unto us the seeds which grow this humility as every single day spent here we see something else that someone else says we need that, only through humility, can we see we not only don’t really need but actually quite clearly leads down a road we don’t want to travel on anymore. And that because, contrary to common confusion, not all roads lead to Heaven. In fact there’s only one and it was carved by He who came to carry a cross upon which a life He lost as was lain down willingly so as...

Ecclesiastes 4:6 NIV More is more Just of nothing that we want and even less of all we need. For with more exists this opportunity of greed coming along and convincing us to keep going along what is the endless path that’s paved in desire and its ability to keep ever-lit this raging fire that lives this life through these eyes that see these lies not for the lies they are but rather for the lives we want. And indeed, within this world we are surrounded by so many things that can become unto us the seeds which grow this greed as every single day spent here we see something else that someone else says we need. All of it for no reason other than making our lives better. Apparently. And, well, whenever better is something that’s widely considered available, and as easy as it is to find, supposedly, then you’d have to be a fool to refuse it. After all, better is better is it not? And indeed down here the commonest of all pursuits is that aimed at living our best lives and, well, best is mad...

Proverbs 23:5 NIV Here tomorrow, gone today Such is truly the way in which more things exist than we often care to consider within this world in which we wander not in wonder but rather within want for such worth as wealth and worry. Though, truth is we never really seem to worry about much other than wealth. And for it we worry so much that it can even begin to affect our health and heart and home as all the above can begin to feel left all alone as we’re off staying busy trying to build what can only break once we have. A thought we clearly never care to consider either. It’s kind of like that other which says that we can only lose whatever it is we have. Much like you can only fear becoming sad whenever you’re happy or worry you’ll be sick even as you feel well. And we think not about these things whilst we experience their other because the experiencing of that which is commonly considered good has for so long been our goal that whenever good we find, well, good we hold. Almost to ...

Luke 6:24 NIV The Prosperity Problem To become wealthy has long since become one of man’s greatest and thus most commonly shared pursuits. And perhaps there’s at least some reasonable reason to that. For ‘tis a fact that with this world we have needs which need to be met such as even such simplicities as food, clothes, housing. And it’s no secret that such things cost money as nothing much here is really free anymore, not that anything ever was. But the problem seems to lie in that within this life in which we need to sometimes buy that which we need, neither anymore are we free. No, we’re but puppets performing on strings made of money. And I say this because, well, let’s be honest, all of us have done things for money that we’re maybe not proud of, probably wouldn’t do again, likely even regret having done the first time. Such is life. I mean, down here we’re all given what is a swath of time with which to live a life and despite however much we may have we all want to have something...