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peace & hope.

the thing about faith is... i'm learning it truly does come with perseverance. and thinking upon the "title" of the passage in the ESV version of "Peace with God through Faith," i have been experiencing it in a way that when it seems God is silent or distant, to believe that he is near, that he is for us and not against us, and that he will answer in his time... all we are to do is trust. not to fear that he doesn't like us (because i totally think that lie, honestly-- and i caught myself today). but to know that he is love. and to put our hope in Christ, because through him we receive peace. the devos i have been reading lately speak upon the concept of wrestling, of learning and how there is a struggle that exists in it. it's not always easy to receive and gain, but sometimes requires patience and facing the difficulties. yet what comes forth and is produced is fruit that is worth it.

p.s. the NIV version of the following verses are good, too (of course).

Romans 5

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. ³ Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, ⁴ and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, ⁵ and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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the full quote

“We think we’ve chosen our friends, and in reality, a few years of difference and dates of our birth, a few more miles, the choice of one school rather than another, any of these chances might have kept friends apart. But for Christians, there’s strictly no speaking of chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work in your life. Christ who said to his disciples, “You have not chosen me but I have chosen you,” can truly say to every group of Christian friends, “You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.” At this feast, it is he who has spread the board, and it is he who has chosen the guest list. It is he who sometimes does and always should preside. Let us not forget our host as we eat.”

-C.S. Lewis