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What's the best thing about your faith?
Former member and good friend of HBC Mark Simpson has been thinking about Christine Jensen's question, "What is the best thing about your faith?"
Here's his answer: My experience of faith in Christ has been a rollercoaster ride. There are times when it all makes sense, clicks, fits and seems the perfect solution to all of life's problems. Then there are the other times... The times when those near and dear to me suffer. Dark days, when all around is crushing and pushing me, and worry is almost constantly on my mind. In these times, I still pray - maybe more so - and mostly, I don't hear anything.
It's in these times that I truly doubt the very existence of God himself. Thankfully he knows this response and, little by little, his love and grace break through my darkness. As green shoots of all kinds of plants sprout up from concrete pavements, God's love, life, grace, care and provision find me again. In fact, it's quite possible that they never leave me. As one psalmist says, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, you are with me".