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FRIDAY THOUGHT 1/18/08

January 18, 2008 on 2:42 pm | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

Ever get tired?  Ever wonder how everybody else seems to have steely-eyed, rock-solid faith, while you live with doubts?

Guess what?  I know of no one who doesn’t, at least once in a while, feel exhausted, spent, empty, with a soul as dry as dust.  Faith isn’t a feeling.  It’s a knowing sometimes, a hoping always.

My point?  Faith isn’t about a hale-fellow, feel-good experience. It seems to me that it’s about trying to trust in God and trying to serve Him, even when it doesn’t always feel thrilling.  And, yes, even enjoying (or at least accepting) those days when your soul feels empty. –jri

“He came to a broom tree, sat down
under it and prayed that he might die.
‘I have had enough, Lord,’ he said.”
–    Elijah
(1 Kings 19:4)