Becoming Invisible
Becoming Invisible ‘Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.’ Hebrews 11:1 Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us. That is His promise to us. We have never seen what is ahead, but we are trusting in the promises He has made to us. One early disciple wanted to SEE what was ahead, saying ‘Lord Show us the way.’ Jesus reminded him then, and us now, the He was the Way. ‘I am the Way, and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.’ St John 14:16. The writer to the Hebrew Christians picks up this same teaching, and writes of the confidence, assurance and hope of Christians, exactly because of their faith and trust in Jesus. In these long months since the 17 th March ‘notice to close’ sent to parishes, we have learned a lot about what it means to trust again in His promises alone, to have faith in the Unseen, to trust Him for the t...