2018: The Year of Faith

As I look back at my writings from 2018, it feels like this year has somehow stretched over several years of time! So many things have happened, and so many changes have taken place in and around me, but one recurring theme of the past twelve months has been the idea of faith. More than ever, I've been convicted of my lack of this virtue, inspired by the faith of others, and hopefully, grown a little in faith myself.

For someone as practical as I am, faith is an especially difficult concept. It is abstract and inherently invisible, focusing on things that do not present themselves for proof. It stands against the sensory evidence, pointing to outcomes logic alone would never expect. It cannot be produced by willpower or reason. Tellingly, children are held up in Scripture as models of faith -- they are never bothered by their ignorance, but simply put joyful confidence in those who care for them. This kind of faith does not need to know all the details. It only needs to know the Faithful One and put absolute trust in Him. Our God has proven His ability in the past, and the better acquainted we are with Him, the more our faith will grow. Our logical adult minds are filled with questions, thinking that if we can only get answers, then faith will come easy. But God Himself is ultimately the only answer that can satisfy.

...that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:5