A Sense of Direction
So often faith comes down to having a sense of direction. Faith requires believing that we are headed in the right direction for our lives. When we feel lost and…
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God’s Orchestration
“Thy will be done, God,” we pray, “but in the meanwhile, let me try this.” It is difficult to allow the timing of God, the moving of other gears into…
Life-Giving Water
The cup that God offers us is not always the cup that we would choose. Perhaps it seldom is. We want the Kool-Aid. God insists on giving us the life-giving…
Tests of Faith
Often when we face a test of faith, it is because God’s will may run counter to our wishes. We want what we want, and we are unable to take…
Sharing the Burden
Faith makes the unbearable bearable. It renders the burden that is too heavy to be borne alone a burden that is shared. It brings the help of God to our…
A Divine Scheme
When we make God a conscious part of our day, the day begins to unfold differently. We are not nudging for our own way. We are listening, trying to hear…
Renewed Vitality
Faith is attractive. Far from having the joyless, resigned quality that we may fear from it, faith brings to the believer a renewed vitality, a sense of camaraderie and adventure.…
Beautiful Individuality
Who will I be if I seek only to do God’s will? Will I become homogenized, somehow diluted? A look at the natural world is reassuring here. Each flower —…
Surrender
In order to find a silver lining, we must be willing to look for one. At the very least, we must be willing to recognize one when it appears. We…
God’s Will
When we talk about God’s will and the possibility that it might be other than what we envision, it is easy to feel frightened. It is easy to say, “So.…