does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust

Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.

The word faith itself can sometimes carry a bit of an emotional charge, as it’s often associated with a belief that has no apparent foundation or basis to support it. We commonly hear this referred to as “blind faith.” My sense is that there really is no such thing as absolutely blind faith. Somewhere deep inside of us, all our beliefs come from th

Nevertheless the main characteristic remains; the sense not merely that God is stronger than man, not merely that God is more secret than man, but that He means more, that He knows better what He is doing, that compared with Him we have something of the vagueness, the unreason, and the vagrancy of the beasts that perish.

But faith isn’t blind; it’s visionary. Having faith in a positive outcome doesn’t mean you’re denying a problem or ignoring obstacles; it simply means you’re affirming a solution.

“Blessed are those who have faith and cannot see” means “Empowered are those who remember who they