Chris' Christian Blog

October 25, 2021

"Prompt: How do you discern the presence of God in your life?"

I don't want to sound nit-picky but I want to be doctrinally sound. I believe it can be dangerous for us to want to discern the presence of God in our lives. The reason I say that is because Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

If we spend our time seeking to "feel God's presence or have the hair on the back of our neck stand up due to His overwhelming presence, we undermine faith. True faith is believing that God is there even when we don't feel Him. True faith is never doubting God and knowing that even when I am in the middle of my worst possible storm, God is right there beside me whether I "feel" Him or not. Faith needs no evidence of God's presence because the faith itself IS the evidence.

I apologize for the delayed prompt. I got home late last night and was a little sick this morning. I went to sickbay and they diagnosed me as not getting proper sleep.

On the way to sickbay, we put into port at a familiar star. Princess Megan Snow Rose , our second in command, writes

STATIC

Solar Eclipse  (E) A poem about the solar eclipse. #2130646 by Princess Megan Snow Rose

. What do you think?

I remember the lunar eclipse of the 1990's. I was selling vaccuum cleaners at the time and I was with a customer when the sky became as black as night at noon! The customer took it as an omen and bought the sweeper. It was the only one I ever sold.