Never a day goes by without our faith being tested and our patience
being tried; this is because our faith is a living faith and is not
dead.
It is this very characteristic quality of a living faith that causes
many to depart from it, substituting for it man made religions that do
not challenge the soul.
Anyone who has kept living house plants in his home has learned that
they require daily attention and nurturing to remain healthy and
green.
Artificial plants and flowers require no more effort or work than an
occasional dusting to appear beautiful and alive; this is why many
people opt for artificial plants over the living.
Brethren, it is the change in our lives that a living faith brings
and the daily growth of living plants that make both preferable to the
artificial.
