Forged By Faith

Matthew 11:28 NIV For it seems that somewhere along the line making a living became making a life in that anymore our works as done by us and thus for us are not seen as the dust and rust for which they run toward what is merely our ruin. And indeed, anymore it seems so sadly seen that so many live as if our task of making a living as defined within a world in which we’ve come to so collectively assume that our wages are our winnings as won within the wealth that apparently ensures everything from health to hearth are all but entirely more exciting and thus offered nearly the entirety of our faith and trust as given within hours and minutes stolen from Him. No, anymore we live as if what we hold or still hope to have is that in which we feel most alive in what is a life lived to strive for what we've not yet lain hold or proclaimed hope. Leaving then all further matters as measured by faith found only so beyond our feelings of excitement or expectation that we simply don't appe...

Matthew 11:29 NIV We wear ourselves out by trying to do more than we're meant to do. We spend our time trying to figure out things that we're not supposed to understand. Anger and frustration become our norm when we spend our time trying to keep up or stay ahead. We learn the ways of this world and think that what everyone else is doing is the only way to go. But in truth, I believe that life is quite a bit simpler than all that. While we're busy running around trying to figure out life and every detail of it, God is probably up there just shaking His head. It's like overcomplicating things is our hobby. Whether we mean to or not, we often find the hardest, longest, and most excruciating way to do just about everything. It's no wonder that so many are always tired, always upset, always walking around like joyless zombies just searching for the will to live. It doesn't need to be like that! God didn't write these stories for us to spend our time trying to rew...