As a person of faith, I tend to assume I’m expected to have this unlimited capacity to believe, to trust, to hold fast to what I know is true of God. And I assume that sort of faithfulness is supposed to be true of me always. For forever.
But I find that expectation can become a bit overwhelming. The pressure of forever doesn’t always feel doable. Yes, eternity is set in our hearts {Ecclesiastes 3:11}, but what if that’s true, and we doubt? What if it’s true, and we waver? What if we struggle and feel uncertain along the way?
One thing I'm discovering is that "forever" is lots of little "for nows." Listen in.
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