UNTIL THEN

A parting thought, a fleeting vow. The heart takes flight upon the night sea hoping they will bless with good images.

But often we are left clinging to a precipice. A place where we wish truth was our desires and live with our mistakes, but with complaint.

Then we get stuck looking around at the world and feeling really upset when the people we see who are evil always seem to prosper. The mind screams for justice.

Oh we wait and wish, pray and hope it will somehow come out that our lives will transcend the inequity. But in the process, the spirit must endure and see that moments of injustice as neither permanent nor ones that will go unpunished.

Just part of the struggle with faith. Each moment we must cling by trust to the future even when our hearts sag with disappointment.

It would be wonderful if the life was more fare. If evil didn't seem to dominate as much. But that is part of the consequence of sin.

Which puts us in the position that we have to hold onto the truth even when the darkness seems to have dominion. It can truly be so painful in terms of bleeding hope.

That is the joy of the scriptures. They give us the history of such things. We can see the world in other settings.

And that grants us the strength to know we are not alone. How easy it is to become sad to think we are the only ones who ever suffered.

Does knowing others suffer too make us feel better? Probably not, but it can help just he same.

We can draw encouragement from our situation by knowing how the Lord does truly know our problems. And has a means to touch us in the process.

But then it does help to grant us the eyes too keep watching when life is less than perfect. That path of faith is never easy.

It is never without some pain. We can either accept it and keep walking or surrender to the problems.

That never helps to heal the scars, but it can give us joy to know others will feel the path take them were they will face the truth. Only not always in a good way.

Still we move ahead if we can. To places with God's help. And know that it will be the better joy when until then becomes our eternity.