what have we got? (faith or wraith)

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us certainty about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 (PM Version)
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If faith's a confidence that hope-ens up
the future, so that what will come to pass:
is what one hoped would happen; opens up
more possibilities, & not a farce.

It's not related to a wishful thought,
for there's good reasons in behind that hope,
there's promises from good friends who have brought
a faithfulness along with words they spoke.

There may be planning, money put where mouth
is, life that's spent while waiting for good things,
& never scared of trav'lling north or south,
or east or west, and worKing with "timings".

And when you have such confidence of Good-
ness that can be expanded in friendship,
you see why Faith, & Hope, & Love, are stood
together, as legs on a stool won't tip,

& makes sitting stable if they're all there,
& if they're growing thicker, stronger too.
This kind of faith that grows in gardens where
companion plants of hope & love come through

brings with it a perfume that is delight
(or else a smell of death to some, it seems),
it brings a sense of certainty at night
the scents can tell things better than our dreams.

So not without good evidence is faith,
it takes into account the word of God
& won't prefer the story of a wraith,
it's eyes are opened to the world of God.

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Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us certainty about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 (PM Version)