Forged By Faith

2 Corinthians 4:7 NIV While to know the true fragility of our existence sparks fear in the hearts and minds of most, just beyond the cross we come face to face with an impossible opportunity to actually be exactly what the world needs to see in order to see Him. Sadly, we’ve been taught to see our weaknesses as evidence of a gross insufficiency that’s left us unable to ever matter. We’re told that our flaws prove us incapable of making a difference, of being of enough worth to be seen or of even ever being considered worthy of being heard. No, we’re so used to discounting ourselves, discounting one another because of the imperfections we see that we can’t see that it’s those cracks through which God shines brightest. And so we instinctually hide the very things that are the best evidence of all He is and all He’s done. All because we’ve allowed ourselves to become convinced that this world has the authority to determine worth from what it feels to be worthless. But there's somethin...

Ecclesiastes 7:23 NIV The sheer impossibility of our ability to adhere to this path is both incredibly daunting and unimaginably inspiring. It's safe to say that as I've sat down to write out a disheveled attempt to understand God's holiness every single day for over eight years, I've studied more than some and still less than many. And as a chronic over-thinker, I've thought more than most, and again, still less than some. What I continue to find each and every day as I try to gather my frenzied thoughts into a coherent idea that hopefully manages to make sense is that it's beyond me. All of it. It's all just beyond me. It's beyond all of us. And sadly, I think that's one of the main reasons that such a large swath of humanity avoids the narrowness of this winding road. We're very much creatures of comfort, of habit, and well, what's more habitually comforting than that which we already understand or can readily figure out? What is more appe...