By faith we understand, if we are to understand it at all, that the madness and lostness we see all around us and within us are not the last truth about the world but only the next to the last truth.
Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons, “Faith”
To have faith is to remember and wait, and to wait in hope is to have what we hope for already begin to come true in us through our hoping.
Frederick Buechner, Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons, “A Room Called Remember”
May the last truth shine through to whatever truth you are experiencing now.
May the hope you are waiting for be true in your life now.
Grace and peace to you…
dw
becoming flame 
5 replies on “Next to Last”
Thank you! Truly words of encouragement!
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It isn’t over yet, thankfully! Great quotes and comments.
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Faith and hope are so intricately, so intrinsically interwoven, that it is impossible to have one without the other.
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But it’s possible to think you have one without the other…and that’s risky business.
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That’s true…but there’s always hope.
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