God is not to be manipulated by my effort. This is safety beyond all understanding. It tells me that whenever we roll our lives, God is there with a new option, a new path, and at the last, a new life. For me a life without faith would gnaw me away. I'd be eaten alive from the inside out.
Faith makes true living possible.
Oh, I still fret some, and until I get Anna and Christine home, I feed the proper noun fish, and take the time to pray. Dave Echelbarger is a Lutheran pastor, an avid outdoorsman and former Marinette resident who now resides in the far reaches of the Upper Peninsula. His column appears Saturdays. Bliss Communication Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material subject to the Times Terms of Use .