FAITH

Right now in my Christian walk I find that my faith is sometimes weak. In June I will have completed my pastoral care internship with Sought Out and Hope Community Church. I love what I am doing here but I miss my church and the choir very badly. I know that God will reveal to me his plan in his time but I find that I am getting anxious. Its funny I tell people weekly in my internship be anxious for nothing. I am excited about what God has but have a longing to go back home and yet I am not sure that is what God wants me to do.

My devotion for March 12 was Hosea 11:9
"I am God and not a human; I am the Holy one, and I am among you."
The following devotional from Max Lucado said this

"Before you read any further, reflect on those last four words, "I am among you." Do you believe that? do you believe God is near? He wants you to. he wants you to know he is in the midst of your world. Wherever you are as you read these words, he is present. In your car. On the plane, In your office, your bedroom, your den. he's near.
"God is in the thick of things in your world. He has not taken up residence in a distant galaxy. He has not removed himself from history. he has not chosen to seclude himself on a throne in an incandescent castle.

He has drawn near. He has involved himself in the carpools, heartbreaks, and funeral homes of our day. He is as near to us on Monday as on Sunday. In the schoolroom as in the sanctuary. At the coffee break as much as the communion table.

Lord help me to remember in these upcoming months that you are present!!!!!


"Have faith in God." --Mark 11:22
Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag heavily. With faith I can do all things; without faith I shall neither have the inclination nor the power to do anything in the service of God. If you would find the men who serve God the best, you must look for the men of the most faith. Little faith will save a man, but little faith cannot do great things for God. Poor Little-faith could not have fought "Apollyon;" it needed "Christian" to do that. Poor Little-faith could not have slain "Giant Despair;" it required "Great-heart's" arm to knock that monster down. Little faith will go to heaven most certainly, but it often has to hide itself in a nut-shell, and it frequently loses all but its jewels. Little-faith says, "It is a rough road, beset with sharp thorns, and full of dangers; I am afraid to go;" but Great-faith remembers the promise, "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall thy strength be:" and so she boldly ventures. Little-faith stands desponding, mingling her tears with the flood; but Great-faith sings, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:" and she fords the stream at once. Would you be comfortable and happy? Would you enjoy religion? Would you have the religion of cheerfulness and not that of gloom? Then "have faith in God." If you love darkness, and are satisfied to dwell in gloom and misery, then be content with little faith; but if you love the sunshine, and would sing songs of rejoicing, covet earnestly this best gift, "great faith."