Ever been led astray....by clever advertising or outright lies? By pie in the sky promises or fast talking con men/women (which includes fast talking teenagers!)?
Ever been led astray because of your own desires, insecurities, dreams, hopes?
Ever been led astray by professional religious types who seem to be promising to have all the answers....if you'll only do this.....and you find they have no answers at all? You discover that people you love still die, tragedies still happen, evil does strike out, and prayers are occasionally answered with a 'no.'
Living a life of faith is not the same as walking along a garden path. Faith is trust, not answers. Faith is hope, not control. And ultimately, our faith is in Jesus, who himself went to the cross. Anything or anyone who dilutes the power of that message with the suggestion that we are in control and must add our own little part to Christ's eternal gift..............is leading you astray.
Jeremiah has a word to those people. Jesus does as well. It's not pretty.
You can't go wrong trusting in the one who gave it all for the sake of others: Jesus. AMEN
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