Thursday June 26
Romans 5:1-11
This excerpt from Paul's letter to the Romans is a helpful reminder of faith being a culmination of belief and action. Paul is speaking to a crowd gathered, and we can assume from the text that they have experienced recent challenge or persecution. Paul emphasizes the gifts of faith to be hope, rejoicing and peace; through faith we have peace with God who gives us hope.
Yet Paul also explains that part of our active belief is suffering. And suffering is a messy and complex process. Suffering is not something I know that I happily engage at all times. It has such a negative connotation, and understandably so in a culture that values convenient solutions and success. However, Paul reminds us that since Christ died for us, we are ultimately able to rejoice in that suffering through the gift of hope through faith.
~Eric. John, Rachel, Julia
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