What's carrying your life right now? And can it hold the weight?In May 1944, Dietrich Bonhoeffer sat in a Berlin prison cell with bombs falling outside, engaged to a woman he might never marry. He wrote his best friend a letter about music. In it, he described God's love as a cantus firmus: a fixed, steady melody that holds the whole song together, so every other part of life can be played fully and freely.In this first episode of A Faith That Holds, we sit at the piano bench with Bonhoeffer's letter and Romans 8 and ask a simple question: what are you leaning on when life gets loud?ScriptureRomans 8:35, 37 to 39 (NLT)Grace and peace,Andy

Some seasons hold real loss. In Lamentations 3, the writer doesn't pretend it doesn't hurt. He says he will never forget this awful time. Yet he still dares to hope, because he remembers that the Lord's faithful love never ends and His mercies begin each morning afresh. Hope isn't pretending. Sometimes it's something you dare to do while it still hurts.

Lamentations 3:20 to 23 (NLT)

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In the final episode of Promise of Presence, we look at Revelation 21, where God makes all things new and makes His dwelling with His people. There's no temple and no sun, because God Himself is the light. The tears we've followed through this series are finally ended. The promise of His presence is kept forever.

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We all wonder what heaven is really like. In this episode of Promise of Presence, we look at John's vision in Revelation 5 and 7, where every tear is wiped away, and the Lamb leads us to springs of living water. Paul says our present sufferings aren't worth comparing to the glory to come. Whatever you're carrying right now, God sees it, and He will answer it.

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