Isn't this the prettiest thing ever? Thanks to Ben's good eye, we now have a little bit of summer on the blog. Thanks, Ben's eye.

What is faith? Hebrews 11 says it is "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Essentially it is believing what God has said in His Word. While that might strike you as counterintuitive (I love long words; I hope I'm using it correctly!), it is something we don't do very well. Do I believe He fulfills His purposes for me, as He has said in Psalm 57? If I do, then why am I whining when things don't go my way?

Do I believe that His plans for me are good and not evil, as He says in Jeremiah 29? If I do, then why do I question everything that happens? Why do I toss and turn at night, wondering how to make everything in my world better?

We need to cry out with the father of the demon-possessed boy, "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!" And sometimes, we need to do nothing because we believe that God is doing everything right and in good order and in His time. As Christopher Robin has been heard to say: "It means just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering."

Can we control-freaks do that? Of course, by God's grace and His grace alone. Let's just stop bothering, shall we?