Firm in Faith on Uncertain Path

I went for a bike ride yesterday morning, and thought about paths we choose. Most of us take the path of least resistance, the path of comfort and ease, the wide, well-traveled path. Everyone is talking about Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who refused to sign a marriage license for a gay couple. I have nothing to add to the discussion of the rightness or wrongness of her action. However, I do think of her sitting in jail for a "crime" that would have been unthinkable even ten years ago: not issuing a license for 'marriage' between two same-sexed people.

The path I biked was winding, sometimes shaded, sometimes narrow...but I knew exactly where it would lead. It took no courage for me to bike that path. I was in no danger of not making it home at the end of the ride. (sudden appearance of snake on path that almost made me crash notwithstanding.)

Kim Davis chose a path based on her solid conviction of truth, faith, and conscience. She knew it would not be easy. She probably knew the sins of her past would be dredged up to humiliate and condemn her, and she knew she would face jail, hatred, and/or significant fines. But unlike me on my bike-path, she had no idea where or when it would all end. All she knew was she believed in something so firmly that the end didn't matter. The only end that matters is the end of her mortal life when she will stand before Jesus and give an accounting of her life. That end matters more than anything to her, I suspect.

I admire Kim Davis greatly.

My friend sent this from the Kentucky Constitution. I highlighted that last incredible line.

Kentucky Constitution
Section 5
Right of religious freedom.

No preference shall ever be given by law to any religious sect, society or denomination; nor to any particular creed, mode of worship or system of ecclesiastical polity; nor shall any person be compelled to attend any place of worship, to contribute to the erection or maintenance of any such place, or to the salary or support of any minister of religion; nor shall any man be compelled to send his child to any school to which he may be conscientiously opposed; and the civil rights, privileges or capacities of no person shall be taken away, or in anywise diminished or enlarged, on account of his belief or disbelief of any religious tenet, dogma or teaching. No human authority shall, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience.

Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.
History: Not yet amended.
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For those who might like to encourage Kim,  that same friend called the county jail, and below is her description of the mail policy. Send letters to:
Carter County Detention Center
Attn. Kim Davis
13 Crossbar Rd
Grayson, KY 41143
Letters must be entirely written by hand in blue or black ink, no marker, no crayon, no stickers, no cards, no internet printing (except religious material), yes to pamphlets and other religious material but staples must be removed, envelopes must have return address and must also be hand written in blue/black ink. Since all mail must be opened and read, we might as well include a nice gospel message for the detention center staff to read as well as writing encouragement for Kim. 
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Daniel 9:13 

As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, turning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 

Isaiah 7:9

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.