Faith in the Fog
Our questions can serve us well in a time such as this, a time of grave uncertainty, of soaring potential, of fragile yet resilient hope. Our questions and questing are crucial, because they can help us live into the answer of the future. I am certain of one thing: the love that is God is at the heart of the answer, just as it is at the heart of each moment—past, present, and future.
Faith today, tomorrow, and always seeks to live, to love, and to be loved fully. It seeks the Holy and waits (though not always patiently) to be found, it nurtures and activates wisdom and compassion. It chooses to embrace hope and to be embraced by hope, even when overwhelmed by despair; it seeks life even in the face of death. We act in faith, knowing that we see only dimly. But living in faith, we act anyway, choosing and doing the best we can.
We act and live in confidence that someday we will see face to face, that we will live into the answers. For God’s grace embraces our questions as well as our answers and our blindness as well as our vision, just as the sun shines steadily through the night, waiting to illuminate the sky at dawn.
These feet he kisses, who loves even the lowest of the holy people. These feet he anoints with ointment, who imparts the kindness of his gentleness even to the weaker. In these the martyrs, in these the apostles, in these the Lord Jesus Himself declares that He is honored.
—Jean M. Blomquist,
Wrestling till Dawn
In a world clouded by uncertainty, our questions are not enemies of faith—they are companions on the journey. As Jean Blomquist writes, God’s grace embraces our questions as tenderly as our answers, shining like the sun behind the night sky, steady and sure, even when unseen. Faith doesn’t wait for clarity to act—it moves forward with hope, nurtures compassion, and clings to love, even when despair threatens. If you’re struggling today with doubt, pain, or not knowing what comes next, remember: the God who kisses the feet of the weary and anoints the weak with gentleness is already honoring your search. Walk on. Your questions are safe with Him. And someday, face to face, you will see why. —DH
—David Hoskins, Founder & Care Guide, Sanctuary Clinics