Here’s an
affirmation of faith inspired by Luke 21: 25-36. It was written by Bruce Prewer.
Affirmation of Faith
(based on Luke 21)
When nation rises against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom,
the end is not violence:
for there is a God of resilient, redeeming love,
and the
Brighter Purpose is at work in the shadows,
and
the darkness cannot smother it.
Lord we believe, strengthen our
timid faith.
When there are earthquakes, famines and
pestilences
and collisions among the stars,
the end is not chaos:
God the Creator of the heavens and the earth has
not forsaken us,
and the
harmony will again break out and gather
to
hasten towards consummation.
Lord we believe, strengthen our
timid faith.
When believers are arrested and abused,
dragged before kings and governors,
the end is not injustice:
the Holy Spirit is always with you in all your
trials and travail,
and
words will be given to confound your adversaries
and
shake the gates of hell.
Lord we believe, strengthen our
timid faith.
When parents, brothers, sisters, relatives or
friends,
betray you even unto death,
the end it not alienation:
the
crucified Christ will reconcile all things seen and unseen,
and
the glorious finale is much nearer than when you first believed.
Lord we believe, strengthen our
timid faith.
~ written
by Bruce Prewer, and posted on Bruce
Prewer’s Home Page. http://www.bruceprewer.com/
