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To: blue-duncan
Thanks for asking. I have basically been coughing since around November 10th. I finally ordered a vaporizer thingy, since they don't think I have consumption, whooping cough, or anything else. It's kind of tiring and my cough muscles hurt.

Tra la.

My question is one that interests me. The grace of faith seems to, what, infect us slowly. I mean we have moments of complete trust, and then moments of doubt and worry and all the rest. And our thinking so easily goes off the rails.

So I guess it's good to pray for more or deeper or somehow mo' better faith. That itself is an act of faith.

274 posted on 01/05/2010 10:10:55 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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To: Mad Dawg

“I mean we have moments of complete trust, and then moments of doubt and worry and all the rest. And our thinking so easily goes off the rails.”

Ah, the “mustard seed” principle. Your profound observation “grace of faith” I think answers some of your question. It is not us holding onto God but His holding onto us that saves. Faith is His gift, not of our making or we would muck it up royally.

You don’t have the animals now do you? Allergies can build up, especially with nosey goats and sheep.
You


281 posted on 01/05/2010 10:38:54 AM PST by blue-duncan
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