Faith is such a beautiful gift of relationship with our Father, and Abraham reflects this to each one of us. God gave him to us, an example of what relationship looks like clothed in faith, not visible as a garment to the human eye but to the spirit of God, formed in the heart and breath of His children whom He has made known to carry His Word. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece on Faith.
“Clothed in faith, not visible as a garment to the human eye but to the spirit of God”. Gorgeous! You’ve given me an image I won’t soon let go of. That is its own meditation.
You’ve named something I was circling but never quite landed: that Abraham was given to us. Not just as a historical figure or a theological example, but as a gift. He is a living portrait of what it looks like to be known by God and to know Him in return.
Faith as relationship. Faith as breath. Faith as something formed in us rather than achieved by us.
Thank you for reading with such attentiveness; and for writing back with such beauty. You’ve added to this reflection, not merely received it. 🙏
Thank you for this. Faith is indeed shrouded in mystery. I have heard definitions of it that I just didn't identify with or didn't describe my experience. I think it is the relationship with God that is faith. Abraham was touched by God and Abraham waited before God. I like that about the echo also. Echoing God.
“It is the relationship with God that is faith”…I want to sit with that for a long time.
You’ve said in one sentence what takes theologians paragraphs to circle around.
And you’ve named something I think is so important—that definitions of faith can sometimes feel clinical or distant from actual lived experience with God. Abraham’s faith wasn’t a doctrine. It was a posture. A leaning toward. A staying before.
The echo idea moved me too when it arrived. Because an echo doesn’t originate—it receives and returns.
Thank you for bringing your own experience into this. That’s not a small thing. 🙏
Faith is such a beautiful gift of relationship with our Father, and Abraham reflects this to each one of us. God gave him to us, an example of what relationship looks like clothed in faith, not visible as a garment to the human eye but to the spirit of God, formed in the heart and breath of His children whom He has made known to carry His Word. Thank you for sharing this beautiful piece on Faith.
“Clothed in faith, not visible as a garment to the human eye but to the spirit of God”. Gorgeous! You’ve given me an image I won’t soon let go of. That is its own meditation.
You’ve named something I was circling but never quite landed: that Abraham was given to us. Not just as a historical figure or a theological example, but as a gift. He is a living portrait of what it looks like to be known by God and to know Him in return.
Faith as relationship. Faith as breath. Faith as something formed in us rather than achieved by us.
Thank you for reading with such attentiveness; and for writing back with such beauty. You’ve added to this reflection, not merely received it. 🙏
Thank you for this. Faith is indeed shrouded in mystery. I have heard definitions of it that I just didn't identify with or didn't describe my experience. I think it is the relationship with God that is faith. Abraham was touched by God and Abraham waited before God. I like that about the echo also. Echoing God.
“It is the relationship with God that is faith”…I want to sit with that for a long time.
You’ve said in one sentence what takes theologians paragraphs to circle around.
And you’ve named something I think is so important—that definitions of faith can sometimes feel clinical or distant from actual lived experience with God. Abraham’s faith wasn’t a doctrine. It was a posture. A leaning toward. A staying before.
The echo idea moved me too when it arrived. Because an echo doesn’t originate—it receives and returns.
Thank you for bringing your own experience into this. That’s not a small thing. 🙏