Friday, June 06, 2008

Strengthen your faith. That's the bottom line. Faith is the currency of the spiritual realm, and when you've really stood your ground with faith and endured, your faith will be the stronger for it.
Endure, hold on, strengthen your faith. Read the Word and cherish it, whether or not it does anything for you on the surface. Learn to value the Word and faith for the treasure that it is in itself, not for what it does in obvious or instant ways. That is a key.

Whenever things are rough, when you feel that they're not turning out the way you'd hoped, when you feel your prayers aren't being answered, when the trials of life are a little too much to bear‚ when the battle seems too long, when your faith is under attack‚ when you're feeling weary and aren't sure if you can endure much longer, climb up onto the wonderful foundation the Lord has built for your faith through His many promises and encouraging words, and rest in that safe haven. (M3699:10)