Forged By Faith

Isaiah 59:15 NIV The destination And indeed, it does seem as if we have arrived and that apparently, as is always the case, right on schedule if not ahead of time having both departed from wherever it was that we started and made too good time along the way. Just perhaps not good use of such. Yes, such is sadly what I fear most often anymore. In fact it’s not even the destinations at which we arrive in life as they’re always but stopping points along a journey that doesn’t, or at least hasn’t yet. No, my worry is won within knowing one day it will and that I will then be left so thin in regard to time itself that I’ll only be able to look back on all I did when I’d had more and wonder, regretfully I worry, why I’d not done more with what more I’d had back when I had more to give. More to live. Yet what is life? What defines best this place of which we have arrived in what is a life? Is it alive? Are we? Sometimes it seems, but alas those sometimes are scarce and perhaps even scared at ...

Isaiah 55:7 NIV The years Such is a number so nuanced that it’s not only unique to every person but even new every day unto even them. For such is the gravity of sin’s gluttony as given in our gain of a life so filled with pain that we’ve managed to forget how to feel much of anything in our seeking to not feel guilty in light of all we’ve done under the Son’s sun. Indeed, even this is something we’ve not seen in years, this truth told through tears that tell of a life wasted for years within a world that thinks everything there is is but everything that’s ours. Yeah, we’ve even, at least in this country, not sure if others are so bold, we’ve even become of the belief that we can change time in order to offer better production depending upon the season. Leaving us thus quite seasoned in this seasoning of ourselves with the flagrant fragrance of filth and folly. Which, honestly, it’s not something that even we like the smell of, the sound of, the sight of if we’re to be honest. Alas, if...

Psalm 94:14 NIV Hang onto your hats my friends, this one's been on my mind for a while. We've been talking about the assurances that we have in our faith, but we've been approaching them from the common misunderstandings that humanity often has about them. From whether or not our prayers are heard to this idea of faith being easy to the promise that one day all the trials and challenges we experience will finally make sense, we have so many assured promises in our faith. But still, the world tries with everything it has to tear them down and cause us to question those assurances that we have in Scripture, in our faith, and in our Father. The promise that I want to talk about today is the promise that God will never leave us nor forsake us. God has never left us. He will never leave us. He will never stop caring about His people. He will never run out of love for those who live according to His will. But how many times have people asked the question, "Where is God?...