Fish or Cut Bait: Avoiding the Backslide

As I knelt at the altar of the large church, I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder.

It was my friend Karen* who had followed me up there. Through her gesture, I knew that she was encouraging me on in my walk with God. 

And I appreciated her support – probably more than she’ll ever know.


It was college, and I just had been through a difficult season. Karen and I had some good talks in her dorm room that year. She was a ministry major, and I enjoyed the freshness and depth to her faith.

I remember that Karen was committed to fasting on Sundays, a practice that I still have difficulties with. But I admired her for it, and I wondered at her commitment in seeking God through fasting.

It was a few years after graduation when word came to me that Karen and her new husband had fallen from their faith and turned away from God.

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