Stepping out in faith is not easy. How does one do that not knowing what will happen? I was talking to a girlfriend recently and she said “I’ve taken early retirement.” My response was what will you do and she said “I don’t know , but God will take care of me.” I had to think that this was faith and she always was one with tremendous faith.
I wonder sometimes if I have lost some of that faith that was so me or is it that responsibility changes the way one thinks. I realized is just a shift in how I think and the faith in that higher being will always be there. I have seen and been through a lot and I might ask why but I am not willing to let go of the faith that has and will continue to take me though thick and thin.
The persons that I have spoken to about their faith and who display that unwavering belief are not theologians but ordinary every day folks. It’s interesting that they focus on just having enough while those I admire from afar want it all and have faith that it will be delivered to them.
How does one develop that faith and keep it? Is it something that you are born with or is it something cultivated? Is it something that you can lose and if so can you get it back? Is faith linked to confidence or are they two separate things? I’m not certain about this that’s why I ask.
Let me know how has having that unwavering faith helped you. If you don’t have it what will you do to cultivate the faith that you will need to move forward in your life.
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We exercise faith every day, we always expect to finish the week, to find a solution to the problems even before we know what the root of the problem is. We expect a good job. Always. So we do exercise faith.
This is one of the reasons I write this blog, other ways of looking at a topic. I never thought of faith in that way at all.
I like it, @we exercise faith every day,”.
In this time and age we have to have faith and believe in whatever we want to achieve and then try to work towards it. But it’s sad to say that sometimes we forget to exercise out faith and as such we worry about things which we sometimes can’t change. It’s easy for many to say ” have faith” but how many actually relies on it. Faith is real and the bible speaks of it being as small as a mustard seed. I do think that exercising your faith make a you seem very confident because you’re telling yourself that there is no doubt! I pray that God strengthens our faith. This was a great read Mrs. Perry
Thanks for sharing. It also gives another perspective. Faith is real no matter how large an amount you have.
Faith. It’s hard to have and maintain. Especially when others around you are not encouraging. I know it up to me alone to be strong in faith but it’s hard. Mickey said to exercise it everyday. So I’lltry to take tiny step to build the faith just like a mustard seed .
You have to start with you and build and keep your faith. Sometimes you have to move away from those that try to take away that faith that you have or try to cultivate.
We exercise our faith daily by the things we do. It’s much more than being confident in our decisions. Jesus told us that if we have faith as a mustard seed we can move mountains. This is a very profound statement and showed that we have very little faith. We need to continually build on the little we have and stepped out boldly, believing that God is in control.
Faith can move mountains. That is so important.
From I open my eyes in the morning until I close them at night I have faith that all will be well. This is not to say everything will happen the way i want it to but that whatever happens I will be able to get through it. I have been seriously tested for the past few months and it primarily through unwavering faith, support of family and friends that I was able to see it through. As my mom taught me… All things are possible through Christ. I live my life in faith.
Faith can move mountains. When you have unwavering faith all things are possible. Your mom was right. Continue to live your life with and in faith.