Charlotte has been on a kick where I will ask her what color something is and she'll tilt her head back, look up at the ceiling and say, "Ummmmmm....I think it's pink-ish."
I love how she adds the "ish" to the end, as though it's not fully pink but rather a sort of pink. I think of my own vocabulary and know she had to have heard it somewhere. I catch myself saying it, too: "I'll meet you there around 5ish." I usually use it when I want to have some wiggle room--when I don't want to set something in stone.
But it got me to thinking about all the ish-es in my life, particularly in my faith. I have been challenged in my time with the Lord recently not to live out a faith with any kind of hesitancy to it. God clearly tells us in His Word that He wants all of us. Lukewarm faith won't do.
I read recently that "Our faith is a serious issue with God. He wants us to trust Him, no matter what our situation is, no matter what our portion" (from Calm My Anxious Heart). One of my favorite Scriptures is Hebrews 11:1:
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Sure.
Certain.
There is nothing kind of-ish about it.
I confess that even when the Lord has blessed me beyond measure, I still have a tendency to worry, to doubt, when something throws a wrench in my plans. So I have been praying for awhile, seeking God's help in this area--that He might help me become a woman of great faith.