Today the definition of abide is to tolerate, to put up with something.
150 years ago it meant: to dwell: to live or reside in a place
(Encarta). Living on the Spiritual Basis is a conscious decision. We
choose to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, not in
the Polly Anna sense but in a dynamic sense. We choose to live our
lives, with all our defects of character and shortcomings, as
demonstrations of His love, guidance and power. Knowing we will make
mistakes but stepping out in faith regardless; forgiven as soon as we
ask, the transgression forgotten if we are sincere in our desire to
grow. Therefore, to abide in God is to live through and of Him,
trembling and fearful though we may be, one day at a time.
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