Keeping the Faith

It is hard to have Faith

Have you ever wondered why it can be so hard to have faith? I mean doesn't having faith mean our lives will be easier because we will be filled with hope and happiness? Well yes, having faith and keeping to what we believe in will make us happy in the end, but it does not always mean the journey is not going to be hard.

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Having faith requires us to believe in things we cannot see. It means that no matter how hard or impossible the situation looks to us on the outside, on the inside we need to believe that it can and will happen.

I know that there are times in our lives when it is hard to keep the faith. Believe me, if you ever feel like this you are not alone. It can be very difficult to have faith when it seems like nothing is happening. But that is the point. We need to trust God. We need to know that he is in control and working for us. We need to know that the right thing will happen, at the right time of course. Patience has been one of the hardest things for me to deal with. I have witnessed amazing blessings and have a confidence knowing that God will not let me down, but still to this very second there are things that I have faith for that I tend to get impatient about. There will be times when I am ok, not rushing, but then all of a sudden I feel like "when is this going to happen?", "is this going to work out?", "nothing is happening". But after a day or so of that, I get some more patience. I know it is God helping me with that because I have always been the I want it NOW, so I know these patience are not my own doing.

Sometimes God will answer a prayer right away, well why did God answer that prayer so quickly, but this one is taking forever? Maybe it is not the right time for it to happen. Maybe there is something we are missing and need to discover before the blessing comes to us.

There has been a thing that I have been praying for, for a very long time. All of a sudden, my prayer started to come to pass. Little by little I started to see progress, then all of a sudden it has stopped. At times I feel like, what is going on? I am confused. What happened? Though there are days when I question God, I know there is some reason. I talk to God and ask him if he can tell me why things are not progressing at the present moment. I deeply feel like there is something that I need to know before I can get any further with my blessing. Maybe it is something that will take some time for me to learn. Or maybe I have just not shut my brain down long enough to just be still and listen to my heart, but I know that there has to be a reason. I have faith and I know that God does not tease or taunt us and say haha, I almost gave you what you wanted. No, he wants to give us what we want, but it has to be perfect.

So do not give up. Question God, it is OK. Try to feel in your heart what is holding you back. Meditate , shut out all of the noise. You will figure it out. Just keep believing, keep questioning and keep learning! Without faith, nothing is possible.

Importance of Faith

Having Faith

Post 1 on creating your relationship with God

I will back track a little from my previous post. I spoke about seeking God when you were feeling down and felt like you had no where else to turn. It is true, most of us seek God when we fell as though we will not make it. When the pressure is so high that we cannot take it anymore. You will realize that at first, you wanted to seek God for selfish reasons. I will admit it. I wanted prayers answered. I wanted what I wanted to happen and I though that finding God was the only way that could happen. Do not worry if you feel like that at first. I believe that is what God wants us to do. We are kind of being selfish. We do come to him because we want and or need something. You will find that that is what God wants in the end. He wants us to be able to come to him for what we need. He wants us to be totally dependent on him. He is there to be our rock and our supporter. But you will find as you grow into your journey that not only will you look to him for all of your problems and your needs, but you will get stronger and stronger in your ability to handle situations that do not turn out the exact way you have hoped for. You will learn that your way is not always the best way. You might think that it is right now, but there are plans that God has for us that we know nothing about. We cannot even imagine what they are. We have to learn to trust that he has our best interest. The impossible is so possible. Having faith is the key. The more you do not see something happening in your life that you want, the more you should pray about it. Do not give up on your dream. That is how the miracles occur. Because your dream no matter how big or small could turn into something more amazing than you ever dreamed of.

Here is an article that I wrote regarding faith.

This is how the bible defines faith


Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.


Do not get me wrong, there are going to be plenty of times when it will be impossible to keep faith, well at least for a little while. You might fight with yourself and try to talk yourself out of beveling that your prayer could be answered, but if what you are hoping for is a true desire then no matter what, it will find its way back to your heart and you will pick yourself up and start having faith once again. (In another post I will discuss your desires and what role they play in our lives).  


How you get to the point of strong faith is really your own journey. You will go through many many different things while you create your relationship with God.
For me I experimented with so many different things. I had doubts and I had moments of excitement. It has been a ride!


In the beginning, I tried contacting angels, I tried reading all I could on the internet, I just wanted to know the right way to talk to God. What I found is that there is no right way. There is only your way. As I discussed in my last post, there are so many different opinions out there, contradicting  options from people of the "same" religion that I was getting extremely confused. I was always questioning myself. I was not sure if God would hear me if I said the wrong words. If I prayed at the wrong time. Do what feels right to you. Your biggest indication of your relationship with God is what you feel in your heart. If it feels right, I believe that it is right. 


There will be times as you grow deeper into your spirituality that you will feel as thought God is not listening or that he has left you. It still happens to me at times. As a matter of fact the past couple of days there were a few moments when I said, why are you not here? But then I remembered that so many times before, the silence was a hint that something wonderful was going to happen. He is working for me you know! Where my eyes cannot see wonderful things are happening and I cannot wait.


To be continued....

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