Where is your faith?

I read a post the other day that read, “I have no more faith in humanity” and all I could think to do is pray.

Faith (noun) : complete trust or confidence in someone or something

Trust (noun) : firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

We can all think of situations where we were inconsistent, weak and unfaithful. Reality is that no matter how hard we may try we will eventually let someone down. Knowing our own limitations makes it clear that even those with the best intentions will never be perfect. If you need someone to put your faith in, I would encourage you to get to know God. His love for each and every one of us will never change and He is forever faithful.

Faithful (adjective) : loyal, constant, and steadfast.

Lamentations 3:22-23

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Psalm 118:8 

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans

I know that even if everyone fails me, God is forever faithful and I am forever thankful. 

Love TODAY

Death reminds us that tomorrow is not promised. It motivates us to love and celebrate each other while we have the opportunity. Losing a loved one is hard and upon reflection we sometimes realize that we had so many wasted moments not filled with love. Can we decide today to never let our relationships end thinking “I wish I had loved more”? Can we decide today to put on love — that we wont ever go a day without it? 

God gives and He takes away (Job 1:21). The rain falls on the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45). We are not protected against broken hearts, hurt feelings, or loss but even though hard times come — we have God, we have the hope held out in the gospel, we have the assurance that ALL things work out for our good. 

Can we decide to never to give up on love? Can we decide today that we will not love like the world loves, but that we will love like God loves us? Can we do that? Yes, we can. Will it be hard? It may seem like it is because it is against what the world wants and what our flesh wants us to do. Is it worth it? It is worth more than we can imagine!

Choose love TODAY!

With a heavy heart

Some days are harder than others to get out of my feelings. On random occasions all I seem to be able to focus is the doom and gloom. Instead of seeking comfort in God, I seem to find comfort in my "woe is me" attitude.

On days like that I really have to stop and do an attitude check. I've come to realize that I'm focusing all of my energy on worrying and trying to make a way on my own terms to solve my problems, instead of spending time in prayer asking for understanding and wisdom to effectively deal with the situation at hand. I've come to understand that during the times when I'm feeling overwhelmed by life, I need to be intentional about how I react in that moment. God is able to take care of every situation that I will encounter but He needs me to stop relying on my own strength and to really just lay my burdens before Him and allow Him to take the wheel. I can't continue to carry my burdens because they are like heavy weights that keep me from being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Truly trusting and relying on God in the good and especially the difficult times takes a genuine surrender of your heart. The best decision you could ever make is to trust and believe that the will of God is perfect and that even in the midst of the troubling times God is right there with you.

Happiness

For the first time in a long time I can actually say that I am happy. Not because things are all in order or because I have all that I could ever desire. Can't say that  my happiness stems from any physical thing that I now have in my possession.

No, my happiness is from the secret that I've found that makes being content with the little and the plenty so much easier.

What's the secret? To stop running and really just surrender to the will of God. I finally stopped wrestling with God. I stopped doing things my own way, on my own conditions. Daily I am overwhelmed with his unfailing love, His grace and His mercy. He is the source of my joy and my contentment.

He has and always will be the keeper of my heart and I am so thankful that even as I ran from His love, He never stopped pursuing me.

Strength in God

You're stronger than you look because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. The enemy will highlight your weaknesses but I encourage you to stand on the word of God. Stand on God's truth and allow nothing to steal the hope that you have in the Lord.

1 John 4:4