I love to hear testimony how and why a person initially came to embrace Christ. But I am equally encouraged to hear how and why people continue to believe, especially in the face of suffering. I now believe that Job is not just a story of a man of that name, an isolated and particularly sad case, as it were. In a sense Job's story and the challenge to Job's faith is every believer's story. Or if it isn't yet, will be sooner or later.
Initial faith is one thing, and that is great.
Peter as a man of faith and Margo a woman of faith - that above all will be the fountain and wellspring of their ministry across the border. Everything will flow from that. God knows all things and sees all things. Such faith is more important than the office we hold or the work we do, even the work we do in God's name. And as James made clear that faith was not mere assent.