Sinking sand or solid rock?
Faith, they say, can move mountains, and I believe it. I've seen figurative mountains in my own life move. I say I have faith, and I do, but when the rubber meets the road, and the potholes and sink-holes, and detours pop up, faith is called into question. We grow weary, dodging the holes, we complain about the detours. We whine when the road seems longer than we wanted it to be or even expected. We say we have faith, but here's my question...when it comes right down to it, how much faith do we really have? Is our faith on sinking sand, or the Solid Rock? This actually brings to mind Abraham and Isaac - Abraham was instructed to sacrifice his only son on Mt. Moriah. This was roughly three days journey from where he had encamped, and during that journey, Abraham had every opportunity and option of calling it quits, but he didn't. He knew, by faith, that God had it handled. When the last stick was placed, the fire lit, and the last knot made, and he placed his son on the a...