A young man stopped me in the grocery store.
“Deacon… I need to speak to you about my faith. There is so much going on.”
He has never been a person of faith.
But now—
in the ordinary,
in the everyday—
God is making Himself known.
He told me, “These things don’t make sense.”
And of course they don’t.
He is trying to understand the infinite with a finite mind.
Trying to grasp a God who cannot be grasped.
And yet—God is asking him to trust.
To take one step.
To learn what faith truly is.
And here is the truth I shared with him:
Even when God’s people fracture, argue, or fail to understand,
God does not step back.
He steps closer.
Division does not weaken His fidelity.
It reveals it.
When the world divides,
when the Church strains,
when families fracture,
when hearts break—
God does not abandon His people.
He draws near.
He holds our lot.
He steadies our steps.
He remains faithful in every division.
And because He remains faithful,
we can remain hopeful.
Unity is not something we manufacture.
It is something we receive from the God who remains faithful.
May we trust the God who steps closer—
even when nothing makes sense.
Prayer
Lord Jesus
Draw near when my understanding falls short.
Hold my heart when the world feels divided.
Steady my steps when faith feels too large to grasp.
Let Your nearness be my courage and my peace.
Teach me to trust the God who never steps back.
Make me faithful, because You are always faithful.
Amen
