Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.
If you do not stand firm in faith,
you shall not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9, NRSVCE)
“Don’t worry! God’s got this covered!” a dear friend of mine often says. What’s more, I can tell she means it.
How do we get it, though, that firmness, in a time when it’s difficult to live our faith in community as we thought of community even six months ago? How do we get it, though, in 
a time when for many of us, going to Mass in person isn’t advisable? How do we get it, though, in a time when so on and so on and so on and so on.
I suspect people have asked that throughout the ages, through plagues and viruses, through world wars and civil wars, through peace and prosperity. And I suspect that the answer is found in the way my friend lives it: She has total faith that regardless of what’s going on in her life personally or professionally, the Lord, not she and certainly not those who try to bedevil her, are in control.
We find it in prayer. We find it in study. We find it in that social media post of our friend, who with his wife is raising a four-year-old granddaughter because their son was taken too soon. We find it in the confidence exhibited by a friend who started her own virtual spiritual coaching business amid a pandemic.
You see, firm faith is everywhere. All we have to do is surrender those fears and doubts and learn from those who show firm faith every single day.
