Through all the pain, illusion, disillusionment, and superficiality of life, we must not lose the divine spark, the characteristics of the image of the Almighty God in which we were made. All those things that make us "human," instead of animals are really those things in which we most closely resemble His perfect character. Whenever we are sincere, caring, loving, faithful, passionate about things worth being passionate about, whenever we do what is right because it is right, no matter what the consequences, this is not the characteristic of a human but of God. It is God working through us, for we are not capable of these things ourselves. This is not a reason for despondency about our condition, but rather for hope! We have no good in ourselves besides God, but He has promised to change our lives if we allow Him to! Life will not always be a perfect Spring day, but it can be a journey in which we are never alone, and are continually becoming more like the image of the God we were made in the image of, the humans we were meant to be.

Faith for Right Now

Right now God
I’m just not feelin’ that into it.
I feel tired.
My body aches
I’m worn out
I worked 3 hours today
I’m bummed
Everybody went home
I’m sitting in a dirty lounge trying to do homework
My testimony
But I’m just not feelin’ that into it right now

Faith is for times like these
You don’t know
Or understand
You just believe
And hang on
Not able to see anything in the mist
Except Christ
A faint illumination piercing the darkness
Faith is for times like these
Right now God