many times you have to hold onto Truth until you see it come to pass. and you can literally see it come to pass.  the Bible does not lie.  and it says everything like it is.  peace that guards your heart when you present him your request? check.  looking after orphans and widows, and that's what God calls a religion that is pure? check.  mercy anew? check.  God so loved the world he gave his only Son?  i do not dare to check and just move on. i am not even worthy to just make some remark.  this is something incomprehensible by man. why would a perfect God, who only knew of the unity and secure relationship and peace, freedom, fulfilling love give all that up for us?  for me?

and the crazy thing is that there are times where you find yourself reading a verse and think, that time when the words before you become tangible because it's so close to home it either hurts or resonates until it moves your heart.  not the bubbly heart with an exclamation point gloss over it kind of heart but the tender and most vulnerable and sensitive kind. the real, deep deep ohh deep down down kind.  real. tangible. what i'm read is exactly i can actually live and see it happen real.  which goes to show there is a real reason behind all of Scripture. Hope is just as tangible as the boost of confidence you feel. confidence is really belief and deeper understanding of His sovereignty mayhaps!