Derby Brown :
“But what is faith that hasn’t been tested?” When I lost my mom in 2021, I was shouting at him in my head too even while I was in church , I wouldn’t stand,I wouldn’t clap , simply no engagement . When my mom was alive, she use to say I had the gift of faith,but there I was feeling like my faith had been buried with her. That Sunday evening service, I was genuinely having a conversation with him in my head about how I believed in him, how I had defended him every time and yet he had still hurt me so badly (ps: I grew up with a blind dad,he lost his sight few months before I was born he’s never seen me, in that moment I was convinced God was simply not for me ) and he said to me “but what is faith that hasn’t been tested”? And as much as I still grieve with so much pain, like how I felt when the sun still came up next day despite knowing she was dead, like what do you mean this is real? How am I seeing a new day without my mother? how did my eyes even open?. I find satisfaction and comfort in knowing that God knows i still believe in him .That I’m holding unto the hem of his garment when I had all the reasons to doubt him,stay angry and even give up on him. Your pain is one of the most heart wrenching thing anyone could experience , it would honestly be surprising if you didn’t feel this way. The pain will not go away but I pray that God comforts you and keep you. I know he’s going to wait patiently for you to slowly learn to trust him again, no rush, on your on pace ,take your time but know that He is there and shares in your pain even if it doesn’t feel or look like it 🤍
2026-09-16 00:10:11