tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post5538158902999464296..comments2023-07-13T05:20:07.334-04:00Comments on Reflections from Broadneck Baptist: In the Meantime: Faith Before SightAbbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04823753643734462481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215116066445385512.post-83129752915630421742011-10-07T13:06:28.066-04:002011-10-07T13:06:28.066-04:00"But isn't this what all faith is--trusti..."But isn't this what all faith is--trusting the character of God enough to trust that, whatever is to come, God will make for a us a way of life, a way to walk?"<br /><br />Exactly. This is the hinge pin of the whole thing - and personally, I add some of Stephen Price's benediction, which goes: In the goodness of God we were born, by his watchfulness we are kept all the day long, and in his loving kindness we are all being redeemed and made whole.<br /><br />Just like Abby (as she humorously put it), I hesitate to agree to something sight unseen from just about everyone because people are frustratingly/awesomely/colorfully surprising. In some ways, it should be more so with God, I think. The possibilities that we might open ourselves to are endless - but then again, there is that important element that comforts us: that God is working for the ultimate good of God's creation. We may see God's positive work in our lives and surroundings, certainly - as the Israelites did here - or we may not. Or, perhaps worse than not(in my mind), we may seen God working in this part but not in another for reasons we can't begin to conceive. <br /><br />In the Bible, we see time and time again that God comes when people cry out...but it's not always (maybe even rarely) on their schedule. Gah! What are we supposed to do, then? For me, I can only sing my songs, rage and wrestle with God, wait, and trsut before I see the "results." Such a faith is frustrating/awesome/colorful when it is able to be lived. Perhaps I'll get there more often - a good hope to have, eh?Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03507874062503931824noreply@blogger.com