Genuine Faith Indeed

"Trusting...
even when it appears you have been forsaken;

Praying...
when it seems your words are simply entering a vast expanse where no one hears and no voice answers;

Believing...
that God's love is complete and that He is aware of your circumstances, even when your world seems to grind on as if setting its own direction and not caring for life or moving one inch in response to your petitions;

Desiring...
only what God's hands have planned for you;

Waiting...
patiently while seemingly starving to death, with your only fear being that your faith might fail --

'This is the victory that has overcome the world';

This is genuine faith indeed."


~From the "Streams in the Desert" reading for today.  

I John 5:4 "This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith."