Going In Faith Does Not Necessarily Mean

Spiritual Formation Is For Everyone. Just As There Is An 'outer You' That Is Being Formed And Shaped All The Time, Like It Or Not, By Accident Or On Purpose, So There Is An 'inner You.' You Have A Spirit. And It's Constantly Being Shaped And Tugged At: By What You Hear And Watch And Say And Read And Think And Experience.

What Repeatedly Enters Your Mind And Occupies Your Mind, Eventually Shapes Your Mind, And Will Ultimately Express Itself In What You Do And Who You Become.

Will You Keep Going When You Don't Know Why? When You Can't Get Any Answers That Would Make The Pain Go Away, Will You Still Say, 'my Lord,' Even Though His Ways Are Not Clear To You? Will You Keep Going-with All The Grace And Grit And Faith You Can Muster-and Live In Hope That One Day God Will Set Everything Right. Will You Trust That God Is Good? ... Ultimately, The Choice Everyone Faces Is The Choice Between Hope And Despair. Jesus Says, 'choose Hope.'

There Is Something You Can't Fix, Can't Heal, Or Can't Escape, And All You Can Do It Trust God. Finding Ultimate Refuge In God Means You Become So Immersed In His Presence, So Convinced Of His Goodness, So Devoted To His Lordship That You Find Even The Cave Is A Perfectly Safe Place To Be Because He Is There With You.

Solitude Is The One Place Where We Can Gain Freedom From The Forces Of Society That Will Otherwise Relentlessly Mold Us. Solitude Requires Relentless Perseverance.