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WICKED SHEPHERDS
The Reformation has never ended. It is just beginning.
Faith isn’t your achievement—it’s His gift.
It’s exhausting trying to maintain belief.
Measuring your faith.
Wondering if it’s strong enough, steady enough, real enough.
But faith was never meant to be something you sustain.
It was never your burden to carry.
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Faith Isn’t Up to You
It’s a gift—given, not generated.
You’re not holding everything together with your belief.
You’re being held.
Even your doubts don’t disqualify you—they’re part of the journey.
The pressure to perform spiritually begins to fall away when you realize this.
You don’t have to keep proving anything.
You can finally rest in what’s already true.
SM
