Monday, April 22, 2013

The inspiration for this blog....



Photo credit: kevin dooley / Foter.com / CC BY

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.
And I believe in love even when there’s no one there.
And I believe in God even when he is silent.



I believe through any trial, there is always a way.
But sometimes in this suffering and hopeless despair,

My heart cries for shelter to know someone’s there. 
But a voice rises within me saying, ‘hold on my child,’
I’ll give you strength, I’ll give you hope, just stay a little while.


I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.

And I believe in love even when there’s no one there.
And I believe in God even when he is silent.
I believe through any trial, there is always a way.


May there some day be sunshine.

May there some day be happiness.
May there some day be love.
May there some day be peace. 

- Based on fragments of Jewish text found on a cellar wall in Cologne, Germany during World War II. It is believed to have been scrawled by a child hiding from the Nazis.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Does God test us?

Original image URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/4224575176/
Title: Hope


God does not test us in the sense that he wants to see whether we pass or fail, whether our faith is strong or not. Do we encounter tests in our faith throughout our lives? Oh, absolutely. However, these tests are tests that life gives us, not God, and they allow us to experience the strength of our faith.