We got ourselves a real whoopin' yesterday: windows broken, siding shattered, cars and trucks dented, and a weird sort of fall where none of the leaves turned. Yes, that was a thunderstorm, kids. No tornado, but lots of damage just the same. At such times, we might wonder if God turned away from us for a moment. Of course He didn't, but that is where faith rises up to deny that God ever leaves or forsakes us. Faith also reminds us that in a fallen world things do happen to the just and the unjust. Some of the thorns Adam earned for us fell from the sky yesterday.
Faith, it matters. Just as a lack of faith can make God's miracles absent, so a surplus of faith can be shared when others need it most. After a disaster, faith may seem a little silent, but it also can be bold and in front. Faith, it also matters in whom or what we place our faith. The government may declare a disaster area, and that helps a little now, but no government of this earth can save us for eternity. My self? Self gets older and weaker with each passing year, and my own self certainly can't save me in that eternal basis that faith's champion reminds me I need. No, you and I need to place our faith in a savior with a capital 'S'; yes that one, the Savior who came to take away the sins of the world.
Have faith in Christ Jesus today!
Bucky
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