A reminder from Bible study this morning… faith & hope are acts of defiance against despair. I have to remind myself of this cuz despair tends to take over these days… - ThreadSky

quirkypastor.bsky.social • 116 days ago

A reminder from Bible study this morning… faith & hope are acts of defiance against despair.

I have to remind myself of this cuz despair tends to take over these days…

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craigwilcoxmha.bsky.social•116 days ago

I came across this statement this morning that I’m paraphrasing: If we could sense the everlasting arms of God around us and His hands beneath us, we would never need to exercise faith.

teegail01.bsky.social•116 days ago

good one. writing it in my Bible!

infortheride.bsky.social•115 days ago

Do. not. allow. this. to. happen.
It’s a misuse of your energy, and frankly, it’s about a time that is yet to come that might never be. Today is a clear winter’s day with a fresh powdering of snow that sparkles. Despair, naw that isn’t for any of us.

cindyanddavid.bsky.social•115 days ago

cindyanddavid.bsky.social•115 days ago

cmpell.bsky.social•116 days ago

These are also choices we make. And now it is a battle if wills.

quirkypastor.bsky.social•116 days ago

That was my point? 🤷🏻‍♀️

cmpell.bsky.social•116 days ago

Yes.

maamikron.bsky.social•116 days ago

but if you yourself start to love, all you need is the believe that love remains love. and then y o u will become the hope of others and that will strengthen the faith of the community that love will prevail. that‘s a beatific cycle. a spiral that lifts us up. and anyone can do it in her* prescinct.

quirkypastor.bsky.social•116 days ago

You’re under the misapprehension that not loving is my problem. Quite the opposite. I love too much which is why all this hatred, all this ugly that is descending is so hard for someone who loves & cares about their neighbor.

maamikron.bsky.social•115 days ago

I did not at all mean to imply that loving is a problem for you. quite to the contrary, your love can make that you do not need to rely on faith and hope alone. you can just go about it and change the world. that‘s what I meant to say. and you will create a virtuous cycle.

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