Faith 101

Faith is made for times like this... Times when we are so broken that we feel as though there is no hope for us, that we are simply falling into a pit in which we cannot see out of, to feel the suffocation of darkness invading our very soul.  We must have faith to know that there will be a sunrise, that the night cannot and will not over take us... To know that God is always with us... Especially in our pain...


I was playing poker tonight with some good friends and it was down to just my friend Caleb and I... The stakes were high... this was the time to take it all or lose it all...  I had a jack and a king, I had to get a 9 or I would lose... I had more chips then Caleb, so why bet it all?  Why not do the smart thing and play it safe.  Because in life we cannot always play it safe, because if we do we may miss out on what we were meant for, so with a sick feeling in my stomach I laid it all on the line, Caleb had a queen so he would beat me if the 9 wasn't dealt,  one chance, one card.  The last card was dealt in silence....... Then ROARS of laughter and "Ahhs" rang in the air as to my great joy a 9 had been dealt!  In that moment that I realized that sometimes that is how our faith should be, to know that God is dealing the cards, we are to bet our chips in order to win it all, to live is Christ, to die is gain!


Faith has to be the moment you surrender your will, your pride, your all...

Faith, Hope and Love.  These are the essentials of Christianity... The essentials of Life.

-Todd LaBerge