I Will Keep on Believing…
With heavy heart, I watched as pent-up pain and inflamed anger acted out on the television screen. Good people, wanting their legitimate voices to be heard, tried to protest peacefully, but rioters destroyed and burned the very establishments built to provide prosperity.
Sadness and disgust created an ache in the pit of my belly.
Questions rushed through my mind:
Why must this happen?
What has brought us to this place?
When will we find healing?
How can I make a difference?
“Let’s stop watching this and find something uplifting,” I suggested to my husband. For $5.95 on Amazon Prime, we rented, “I Still Believe,”[1] a redemptive love story about Jeremy and Melissa Camp. I’ve always liked Jeremy Camp’s earthy voice and honest lyrics. Watching this movie was the brief reprieve my soul needed.
Faith is essential to keep on believing when prayers go unanswered, hopes are destroyed, and dreams are shattered.
If you were to ask me, “What is faith?” I’d probably say, “I think the writer of Hebrews answers that question best:”
To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1 GNT)
Jeremy Camp expressed the essence of his faith in these lyrics, “Even though I cannot see, I still believe.”
The way life is today is not the way life must always be. We can listen; we can learn; we can love larger. We can make our world a better place.
With faith, my hope for a brighter, more peaceful future holds fast. With certainty, I still believe God sees what I cannot see; God knows what I do not know.
I will keep on believing God hears the pleas of people who, with humble hearts, cry out for grace, mercy, justice, and peace.
I will keep on believing God is willing to search the human heart and show us how to live out God-honoring, Christ-like attributes.
I will keep on believing God is good!
Despite questions with no easy answers, violence, destruction, and injustice, I resolve to dig in my heels of faith, trust God’s love above all else, and keep on believing.
Prayer:
God Who Knows,You hold the key that unlocks the answer to my deepest questions.
You are the light that can show me what lies deeply within my heart.
Teach me to know what I do not now know.
Please, heal hurting souls in this land I love.
Help all who struggle to believe.
Amen
Blessings on your
journey of faith…
To watch the YouTube video based on the movie: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-itm-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=itm&p=Jeremy+Camp#id=1&vid=8660ae1b994ef3e3aeb1dc3e9157fec7&action=click ↑