Faith and Foolhardiness continued

So I've been thinking about Kierkegaard again. And what I've come up with is this. I'm not sure I buy into the whole--believing in the absurd. Because, like I said, if you don't have the promise of God to cling to, then there's no guaruntees about what you're holding on to.

But we can believe that God is good and in control. And that if He asks us to do something we don't understand, we can trust that he knows what he's doing and obedience is still the best answer. We can trust that he's still looking out for our good and loves us and wants to bless us with the desires of our hearts. And that's even when the road seems dark and the son of promise is on the altar. I think this absurd faith Kierkegaard speaks of is still believing that God wants life to be abundant-- that he has a plan for us to give us a future and a hope--it's believing the promises are true, even when all immediate evidence would tell us otherwise. It's knowing God, and acting according to his nature and his love and not according to the circumstances of a moment.