Living By Faith

Faith:"  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”   Hebrews 11:1 KJV It's one thing to say you're living by faith. Truly living it is an entirely different matter. I named this blog Living By Faith because that's exactly what I try to do. What I want to do.  Easy to do when times are great. Easy to tell others when they worry and fret, "Have faith. Trust in God."  But when things go wrong, as they inevitably do, it tends to become "O me of little faith." I'm stuck in a holding pattern right now. I'm not sure if there is a lesson to be learned, I'm being tried by fire, or the devil is seeing just how little it takes for me to topple over, but here I am.  The main problem I'm mostly okay with. It's the small blocks that keep the tower growing  until it falls that trips me. Instead of remembering that God has me and keeping my eyes on him, my eyes are on these worldly problems and

How does one begin to tell a story that is neither flattering nor pretty?  Suffice it to say 2017 was not a very good year for my family.  First my husband had much needed gall bladder surgery after 18 months of on and off problems with it. Then my turn for surgery came shortly afterward. Then, with healing, taking care of family members and some unwise choices, we lost the home we had hoped to buy.  Some of the cause was just plain bad luck due to circumstances but a lot of it was our fault. My fault.  What happened and why does not matter. It's over and done with, although we are still dealing with some of it. This blog post is simply meant to acknowledge this period of learning and move on from  there. Along with the bad that happened in  2017, good happened as well.  Although due to location we are no longer able to worship with the congregation from our old home, we have found a loving church family here. We are still getting to know everyone in our new congregation, but it&