Hold onto Faith

Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.

While it is true that science is important, it is also true that some of the most important things in life are not subject to scientific analysis. A student once said to me, “I believe only in that which can be proved scientifically.” I replied, “Does your mother love you?” “But of course,” he said. “Prove it scientifically,” I answered.

Friend of Dial hope, you have to have faith; you have to believe. You can’t live without these. Faith and belief are inescapable. We are all believers even though we may not believe alike.

The first Advent was the coming of Christ in great humility at Christmas. Phillips Brooks described it so beautifully in his hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem:”

How silently, how silently,
The wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heaven.
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin
Where meek souls will receive Him,
Still the dear Christ enters in.

Let us pray: God of all time, come into our time and make us whole. As you entered time in Jesus the Christ, be born in us today and lead us to the light of your love. Through the amazing grace of Jesus Christ. Amen.