Your post is really great.
My favorite thing Jesus said was, “only believe”.
He said this to a young father who approached Jesus on the street. He begged Jesus to come to his home, stating that if Jesus would lay hands on her she would live.
But, Jesus recognized the young father’s faith, even while the crowd around the young father was saying the girl was dead already and he shouldn’t bother Jesus.
But .. Jesus looked directly at the young father and said, “only believe”. Jesus went to the home and the daughter was healed.
Sometimes, we need to “ONLY BELIEVE”.
Remember, God gave us the most wonderful gift .. the POWER TO CHOOSE. Everything in life is a CHOICE.
This gift of choice came with our birth, way before our Salvation. The gift allowed us to choose to worship GOD .. because GOD did not want robots .. he wanted a family.
Our life is God's gift to us; what we do with that life is our gift to God.