Faith for an Unknown Future

 "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."  Corrie ten Boom, unknown date.

Hello, Father Abba.  At this point, on November 13, it has been over 15 weeks of "administrative leave."  This was most certainly an unknown future and may continue to be.  But I know You!  I know You not as well as I want to or as I need to, but I am on the way.  Even in not knowing when Corrie said the quote above--before or after the most horrible things happened to her--I am practicing that trust in knowing You.  

In reality, none of us knows the future, making it by definition unknown.  I hear many people saying, "I don't know what/where/when/who...." and I often answer them by noting that no one knows those answers.  (I could stop doing that.)  I suspect that I am encountering the weak faith of many people.  My own faith is not that strong; however, I may have matured to the point where I have enough faith, just enough, to accept that there are many things I don't know.

• I don't know if Tue and his parents are coming this weekend.
• I don't know when I might return to work.
• I don't know what the outcome of the administrative leave will be.
• I don't know what DH's cardiology appointment will reveal.
• I don't know.....

But I know You!

Not everything that will happen to me will be good.  Not everything that will happen in the world or is happening in the world is good.  But I know that You are good.  In that sure and certain knowledge I put my faith for my own unknown future.