A seed does not look like a harvest when you first place it into the ground. Yet hidden inside that small thing is the potential for roots, branches, fruit, multiplication, and seeds for another generation.

The things that once stirred your spirit barely move you anymore. Your prayers feel routine. Your compassion has weakened. The suffering of others doesn't touch you the way it once did. You haven't turned your back on God, but somewhere between life's disappointments, responsibilities, and struggles, your spiritual fire has begun to fade.

James “Rhodey” Rhodes was a soldier before he became a superhero, a friend before he became a partner and a man of courage long before anyone handed him a billion-dollar suit of armor. While Tony Stark became famous as Iron Man, Rhodey earned something that could not be manufactured in a laboratory or purchased with Stark Industries money: the trust of those who knew he would stand beside them when everything went wrong.