Holding On

I came across a post on a Church’s Facebook page recently.  I want to share it because of how it ministered to me and helped me take an inventory of where I am, and knowing where I am, helps me to get to where I need to be.

I have permission from who I hope to be my new friend Scott;

“For me, to maintain Faith, Hope and Love in the midst of heightened personal suffering is a difficult task. Perhaps the Lord has provided us with three states of divine communion knowing that when we, as imperfect humans, realize intense internal pain we may only be able to maintain one of the three states – as a form of life preserver – to “float” us until the missing two return? So in the midst of a perceived crushing of one’s hopes, leading to a fear of allowing oneself to feel love, our Father’s back up plan may be to cling to faith….just flat out believe what you cannot see in spite of any and all evidence to the contrary. The only other choice I can see is to rejoin the world and its lustful pursuits and, because I finally have an authentic and powerful fear of being estranged from my God, The World is Dead to me and this just is not an option. Lord PLEASE bless me with faith.”

Thank you Scott, for your timely post that helps me to see when life hits me hard. I will continue to seek out “The Greatest”.

“And yet I show you a more excellent way.” 1^st Corinthians 12:31b – Rob Russomano serves at America’s Keswick in our Maintenance Department and is a graduate of the Colony of Mercy

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 1-3; Luke 5:1-16

Quote of the day: I believe that I cannot come to my Lord Jesus Christ by my own intelligence or power. But the Holy Spirit called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, made me holy and kept me in the true faith, just as He calls, gathers together, enlightens and makes holy the whole Church on earth and keeps it with Jesus in the one, true faith. In this Church, He generously forgives each day every sin committed by me and by every believer. On the last day, He will raise me and all the dead from the grave. He will give eternal life to me and to all who believe in Christ.  Martin Luther

Verse to Memorize: My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ears to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. Proverbs 4:20-21 ESV