What if your faith 'cracks'?
What if what you were hoping for - in a person, a movement, a moment - does not eventuate?
As the Donald Trump illusion fades, many people are questioning their faith in him as the "one" who would right the wrongs of the USA and 'Make America Great Again'.
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No human can right all wrongs. No political party has it all together.
Having "enough" faith, or faith to believe that things can be different, is just not enough.
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"Faith", by itself, is nothing.
Faith is always a bounded concept, which has worth only in the 'what' or 'who' of its grounding.
Faith in a chair fails when a leg cracks off.
Faint in an office, or position, fails with the character of the incumbent.
Where is your faith? Who, or what, is your faith in?
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If its in yourself, you had better be sure to live worthy of that honour, for you would not want to put your faith in something or someone who fails.
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If you are tired of fallible human leaders, broken promises and 'doing it all' yourself, you are in good company.
If you cannot muster up "enough" faith to keep going - even as COVID-19 looks like menacing 2021 just as it did 2020 - then think about who or what your faith is grounded in.
What if there was more to this life... more than just humans who fail and our own selves which cannot hold strong to 'the faith' in ourselves?
Why not ask the Good God who makes a Way for all to approach and find strength for this life's journey?
"The Lord God is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance..." from The Bible: 2 Peter, chapter 3, verse 9.
May the cracks that we see in our fragile faith lead us to the One who never fails, never falters, and who longs to see wholeness and healing for all.
penned 25 November 2020. edited and blogged 16 January 2021
