Faith and Hope

There is a synergy between faith and hope. Hope fuels faith and allows the faithful to march on despite doubt. Faith mines longing from the depths of daily despair and refines it into sustaining hope. The one without the other is a fragile orphan.

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see."
— Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)

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A Meditation on Faith

Faith is not unreserved belief. In fact, it is belief that's often troubled by doubt. The faithful are not those who have no questions, but those who persevere even so. Why? "For we live by faith, not by sight." — 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV)

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