Welcome back to Rooted&Real! We're keeping it real, huh?
And we've been picking up things back.
We picked up Peace.
We picked up Your Voice.
We picked up Small Joys.
Today you know what we're picking up? Faith, because some of us, when we let go of people, we
accidentally let go of God too.
So today we pick up that faith.
And I understand it because I've been there, you're mad, you're disappointed, you asked,
but God was silent.
So you put your Bible down, and then you haven't picked it up since.
And I so get it.
Faith gets bruised when life does.
But please don't forget, bruised faith is still faith.
Be honest with God, even say something like, "God, I don't trust you right now."
You know, that is still a prayer.
He can handle your doubt.
Start with presence, not performance.
You don't owe God a two hour devotion. Sit. Breathe.
Just saying, "I'm here" counts.
And remind yourself of an answered prayer at one time in your life.
There's a time also in your life that God showed up, okay?
Pick up that memory.
When doubt gets loud, let it remind you that God is still with you and still got you.
And faith isn't pretending that you're okay.
It's staying, faith, it's staying when you're not okay.
Pick up faith like a child picks up their parents hand in the dark, you know, the way
you just grow up and leave, oh, you're not too far gone.
God is still there. He's still here, and He's got you.
So pick Him up.