On the 15th of April, and at around 10 PM a plane will gracefully lift off the runway at SFO, embarking upon an abnormally long twelve-ish hour long flight that will take me to my destination.
For a while there I honestly didn't know whether I would be able to say that with confidence. Sure I was hoping I would make it there before the beginning of the next semester, but I never really knew for sure.
Honestly, I was surprised.
I don't think there is ever any particular outcome that I can put much hope into outside of the big picture (taking into consideration of exceptions). Although I know the reality of a certain hope will come to pass, my faith in it isn't perfect, but the big picture is the one that I should put all of my imperfect faith in.
Jesus is the big picture. He's the one that all my faith should spring from. Sussing out whether I should go somewhere, or do any one thing should always be subservient to the one great Object of Faith.
I didn't want to quote the coffee-mug verse of Hebrews 11:1, but it really does illustrate my point. The writer of Hebrews goes on in the chapter to explain that by faith many have obtained blessings, and sufferings. And the point of Hebrews as a book is to exalt Jesus as the end-all be-all object of faith that is better than all other things.
So God help me have faith in you.
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