Forged By Faith

1 Kings 19:9 NIV A life lived lost living inside what seems a cave of concern and miscommunication, both of which are all only ours as neither are even feasible in regard to what our faith should find. For faith feels not concern, at least the kind considered within this passage of a prophet pressing deeper into any way possible to avoid the perceived potential of what seems a promised pain. And nor does faith consider the rain of a life lived within a world of such pain all but persistently promised to be as easily misconstrued as to make us lose our sight of the purpose of this plight into what feels mostly only a night in which life grows darker in a world already entirely too dim. And thus we make our den inside the desire to deny the fire the opportunity to prove our faith so feeble as we know it might be. And thus, like Elijah, we too steal into caves carved of fear and worry and wanting to only avoid the both as we know well what they and the many problems like them will provide...

John 3:20 NIV There’s anymore an almost visible disdain for daylight as defined by He who set the stars in motion which send the sun to rest that is done to suggest that there is indeed a great many who fear all of which they’ve failed to be coming to light for others to see. And yet, one day the truth will tell that our lives as lived our way were but an expose of some of the most egregious evils ever imagined by even the most fallen of men, leaving us then without excuse, reason or rhyme as to why we gave away so very much time to the doing of all we sought only to hide, assuming that both somehow we could and that somehow we did. Alas, for most, this day will wait until we’re dead, leaving us then nothing to do but dance with the partner we chose as the life of life then comes to a close without the choice to choose again a different plan that would have purchased life as opposed to only our losing it forever. I merely pray that for some this day may indeed be today whilst we’re sti...

Genesis 3:9 NIV How long? How long will we continue to live under this foolish assumption that we can somehow hide from God? How long will we follow the well-trod paths of a fallen humanity deeper into the abyss that is sin? How long will we set blinders upon our hearts that lead us only into selfish depravity? How long will we live as if we're free to do anything and yet still feel the need to hide much of it? How long until we accept the truth that we've spent so many years running away from? There's always this wonder in my mind. I wonder if I'm just gone, off on this wild tangent through life that makes me see things that others don't notice. I wonder if I've somehow gotten lost within this realm of faith that's pulled me so far from ordinary that I can't help but view society in a different light. Often times I wonder if I've managed to get things all tangled up and if all this thinking I tend to do has only managed to cause me to read too much ...

Proverbs 10:9 NIV The problem with lies and believing in them is that we become convinced that it's okay. We slowly lose sight of the truth and just keep sinking deeper and deeper into this dark existence that makes us think all of our sins and mistakes are hidden. We buy this idea that we can do whatever we want without it being known. And that quickly leads us to start believing that there's no consequences. After all, nobody knows what we're doing, right? We've all fallen for that way of thinking to differing degrees. Maybe we came to realize the foolishness in it pretty quickly. Maybe we're still not able to accept that we've been wrong for longer than we care to admit. Whatever the case, the underlying fact remains the same. There's no hiding from God. There's no concealing our actions. There's nothing that we've done that He hasn't seen. Scary, isn't it? There's this innate fear in that truth that can easily keep us focused on t...

Jeremiah 16:17 NIV What must God think? That’s a question that pops in my mind every now and then. What must He think when we sees the things going on down here? What must He feel when we choose to hate or harm someone else? What must He think when our society takes one more step away from Him and His ways? How saddening, frustrating, and disappointing is it to Him when He sees darkness win more days than love and kindness? It’s too convenient to think that we can hide things. Nobody can see our thoughts so they’re relatively harmless, right? If we say something under our breath then most likely nobody heard it. If we do something with no one around then it’s a secret that no one could possibly know. Those are all some pretty dangerous deceptions. God knows. He hears our thoughts. He feels our words. He sees every action, every choice we make. There is no hiding and I think that’s something we need to keep in mind. Rather than trying to get away with something or hide what we’re doing,...