Relentlessly Faithful: Exodus 32–34
It can seem like faith would be easier if we could only see—miracles, God, whatever, just anything more than what we see now. But this is never the case. We, like Israel, are a forgetful bunch. The divine splendors of yesterday fade quickly, and our fidelity wanes. Emancipation was not won by us, neither will our inheritance be. Faith in Yahweh begins and ends with the knowledge that it is God who carries us, always.
Surprised by Grace (and Jon Foreman)
I’ve done a lot of living in the couple of decades since I first heard this song. In that time, something that has continued to surprise me is how good grace actually is. It never fails. I’ll have some new experience of grace that’s overwhelming and think “Ah, now I get it.” Then sometime later I’ll see it to a degree I'd never imagined possible before.