True Woman | An Idol Hunt

True Woman | An Idol Hunt

Faces of Faith

Atheists pride themselves that they don’t have “faith.” But look at how two founding-fathers of modern atheism base their whole life’s philosophy on a blind faith. Bertrand Russell “believed” that when he died, his body would corrupt and that nothing else would live on. That was his belief. That’s where he placed his faith…having nothing to base it on, unless he had some sort of unique insight into the afterlife:

“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation. Happiness is nonetheless true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought and love lose their value because they are not everlasting. Many a man has borne himself proudly on the scaffold; surely the same pride should teach us to think truly about man's place in the world. Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.”

Professing atheist, Isaac Asimov, also had a blind faith:

“I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.”

With no evidence upon which to base his faith he said that he didn’t believe in the afterlife. That was his belief. He was so full of faith that it got rid of his fear of Heaven. His fear needn’t have been of boredom. If Heaven exists, then God exists, and if God exists, Mr. Asimov, like the rest of us who die without a Savior, is in big trouble.

Borrowed this post from Ray Comfort's blog.  No one, absolutely NO ONE goes through life without exercising some form of faith!!!  I choose to put my faith in my Creator God Who loves me beyond my understanding.  By the way, I'm very thankful that both my God and His love are beyond my understanding!  A god who is small enough for me to understand would be very small indeed!

For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.  -Ephesians 2:9-10

Psalm 16:11

"You make known to me the path of life; in Your Presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore!"

In God's Presence is the only place there is fullness of joy!  The only place where pleasures are forevermore!  It is so true that all other pleasures are incomplete and quickly end.  When I was young, I did not see that so clearly.  As I age, my vision is sharpening.

Thankfully, God has given us many glimpses of joy and pleasure, but on this Earth, there is nothing that has not been ravaged by The Curse.  Even though I am (again thankfully) invited into His Presence, even that is hampered by sin and a thousand not-necessarily-sinful distractions.  The fatalistic view of "all good things must end" appears true.  But only for a time!  One day my salvation will be complete!  One day I will "know even as I am known"!  One day I will be able to bask fully and completely unhindered in His amazing Presence!  Think on it!!  FULLNESS of joy!  Pleasures FOREVERMORE!

In the meantime, there is much that needs doing on this cursed Earth.  There is much darkness, and sometimes Evil appears to be winning.  But NO!!  Always there are glimpses of Psalm 16:11, and always I keep my eyes on the day when the glimpses become the only reality.  I wait and long for that day - when my faith is made sight, when joy is truly full, and pleasures never end!

"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.  There is no such thing!"

"Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret?  There are better things ahead than any we leave behind!"

Both quotes by C.S. Lewis

Benjamin May

"Here lies the body of Benjamin May
Who died defending the right-of-way.
He was right, dead right, as he sped along,
But he's just as dead as if he were wrong!"

I need to remember that there's a right way and a wrong way to be right.  The wrong way can certainly lead to death - of dignity, of relationship, of influence...

May I be strong enough to stand for what is right, but humble and wise enough to do so graciously.  May I strive to be more like Jesus Christ, the perfect example of grace and truth.  My tendency is definitely to swing, sometimes wildly, towards one or the other.  And that can often happen within the same sixty seconds!  May it be Truth that offends and not my foolish, prideful actions.  So help me, God!

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Lord, help me to remember this!  The end of The Story has already been written!

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