Walking with God is usually not a straight line from here to there. It’s a process that can be a little disorienting sometimes. And if we don’t understand the time element involved, if we don’t have right expectations, we can end up disillusioned and defeated. In churchspeak, we tend to look at the word salvation as past tense. We say things like “I was saved when I was sixteen.” Or “I’ve been saved for twenty years.” We treat it as if it were an event, but in reality it’s a process. The Bible talks about salvation in all three primary tenses: past, present, and future. When we put our faith
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