Forged By Faith

1 Peter 2:21 NIV For, “Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?” And is not this precisely what, as we discussed yesterday, our faith is supposed to be? You and me alone with He who is our King? Because, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” And this is exactly what Christ came down to do within what was a laying down a life in order that to whom much is given much is then offered in return. For faith is not at all a solitary venture in that, while it is a matter held in hope by one alone, said hope is held in another who is then the second with whom we thus walk yoked toward the perceived fulfillment of said hope. Problem is that faith is in fact quite a lonely venture as undertaken within a world vastly lacking in understanding as to both why and where this strange street leads as both won in Him whom the many cannot se...

Isaiah 43:19 NIV "Missing You in the moment is the nature of sin." I've had that lyric from a song by Jake Hamilton in my mind for days, and I've had absolutely no idea as to why. (Just as an aside, you have to check out his music, some of the best I've ever heard!) I've not even listened it in a few weeks, if not longer. But then I shared yesterday's post about God leading the Israelites through the wilderness for forty years and how they basically fought and complained and whined the whole way. And this morning it finally hit me as to why that line has been on repeat in my head: We do the same thing. All. The. Time. So many times we opt to see ourselves as the good little Christian children who always do as they're told, never talk back to our Father, and simply enjoy every moment of every day as they're all always filled with nothing but joy and comfort and this peaceful easy feeling that leaves only a smile on our faces and an excited hope in o...