Ageless beauty

[chiefspymaster]

Faith is hard. As I walk out a relationship with Christ, things like poverty, and relativism, and suffering, and boredom, and mean-spirited people who do awful things in the name of Christ don't disappear. In fact, as I walk on, farther from the initial passionate burst of finding God, these hard realities trouble me more. There are times when I

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[anonymous]

...beautiful. =)

--J.

[anonymous]

it's amazing how much faith God has in us, isn't it? why does HE do it? even when he has no reason to stick with us....

we miss you alison :)
jan :)

[anonymous]

You need to write a book. I will buy it. No questions asked.

Jon Hoddenbagh

[anonymous]

hey alison, its me - les.
i totally know where you're coming from on this. we've talked about this before - you and me. its discouraging & frustrating and it does make you wonder why them and why not you. the interesting thing i've been seeing lately, is people DO come back. God is not helpless, he is powerful! he works in peoples lives even without people "witnessing to them". i'm encouraged by this and fascinated.
its recently hit me "life doesn't end at 25!! its only just begun!!" my friends who have given up their faith still have a life-time ahead of them to return to it. you never know, some day this may just be their "away-from-jesus phase. why do we stick with it? for me its because i have no choice, you can't keep believing the world is flat when you know its round. faith isn't easy, but its a fact of life. and what part of life IS easy??
thanks for sharing that and awakening my mind.

[chibi_mctwist]

when i read your post, it felt like i was reading into my own thoughts. the only difference being that on somedays, I feel like you, and on others, i feel like those whom have left their faith behind. i don't know what i can productively add to this, but i can say that i love god and any relationship with him is beautiful.

even though i love him, i get confused everyday.