Tehillah 2011

Was listening to the radio today and there was a news article about an athiest in America that wanted to remove the words "in God we trust" from the coins. He argued that for him and many other athiests using coins with this inscription is akin to blasphemy. On the surface, he seems to be making a very compelling argument.

But really, the issue here is that he has a choice. He can either choose his livelihood (money) or he can choose his faith (athiesm). And the reason why he is trying to get around this choice is because he knows that what he has faith in is not worth choosing. Even if he is faithful to it, it is powerless to be faithful to him.

This little episode really reminded me of how very lucky we are. After all, when early christians (and many christians in other countries today) are often made to make this choice between life and faith. And they choose faith over even life itself because after all

"Here is a trustworthy saying:

If we died with him,
we will also live with him;
¹² if we endure,
we will also reign with him.
If we disown him,
he will also disown us;
¹³ if we are faithless,
he remains faithful,
for he cannot disown himself." -2 Tim

So I'm so very thankful to God that he is not only powerful, but loving and trustworthy. That no matter what choice I have to make in life, as long as I choose Him I know I will be okay.

Sherman