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December 2005

By Faith

12/31/2005

 
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 
the evidence of things not seen. 
Hebrews 11:1


As I get ready to enter into a new year I continue to see the reality of how all things in my life are being guided and directed by the hands of God...
And as time goes on I am also learning to trust Him more for every aspect of my life. The Lord, I know, is faithful. And He is patiently teaching me to be more like Him. In addition, God wants me to possess a faith in which operates exclusively through "love (Galatians 5:6)."

Just this week, for example, the Lord made a way for me to return to work at the prison's Intermediate Care Program. I prayed for this to happen and behind the scenes, God put everything together so that it came to pass.

And in the coming year I'm sure there will be new challenges for both myself and the church which flourishes behind these walls. There will be new trials and tests of my faith. But there will be new victories too.

Nevertheless, I hope my faith remains childlike and strong. After all, a little child's faith is not a complicated thing. He simply trusts His father and takes him at his word. A child never doubts. Therefore I have to be the same way. And I also need to love people the way Jesus does. I need to see them through His eyes.

Now, however, with all this in mind, I'm moving forward.

D.B.

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