When we reach the point where things simply make no sense, when our thinking about God and life no longer line up, when any sense of certainty is gone, and when we can find no reason to trust God but we still do, well that is what trust looks like at its brightest — when all else is dark. Peter Enns
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Source: The Sin Of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our Correct Beliefs

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