Your roots of faith are vital to your success on any journey. No one has success long term in any venue without having something bigger than themselves to place their faith in. For some it's "king and country" and that patriotic heart that (hopefully) beats within us all is especially strong for these, strong enough to be their guiding force. For others it's fate or karma, the idea that what you put into the world is what comes back to you because that's just the way the universe works. Still others put their faith in their pastor or religious leader, believing that only through this other person is there any way to connect to something greater than themselves.
For me, it's God.
I cannot tell you how many times I have sat on my couch, weeping in prayer, waiting for the next step to be revealed in a difficult time. But I can tell you that without fail I have always been able to stand up from that couch with my tears dried, my soul encouraged, and eyes open to where I need to go next. By God's grace I am here today as the person you know me to be, when by my own strength I would have been still locked into a life of so much pain and grief that my heart almost can't bear the thought of it.
I put my faith in God, because it both humbles and uplifts me to know that the being that made the universe work the way it does is at all concerned with how my comparatively little life turns out. I put my faith in God because by doing so I have always only been led up into greater and more amazing things for my life and I can't say that of anyone or anything else.
I put my faith in God because I should be dead because of my choices, but I'm not, and my experience tells me that only God can pull off that kind of redemption.
Wherever your faith root is planted, it is important to nourish your soul there. Faith is worthless if it is never exercised and the ability to connect to a higher power is pointless if you never use it.
It is worth noting that if your soul isn't being nourished no matter how hard you try, if you cannot seem to connect to your higher power, or if your faith has led to a life in shambles, it's time to talk to God. You'll be amazed by just how much he cares.
Without faith, nothing worthwhile can be accomplished. You can't change your life if you don't believe that it's possible and you can't do it on your own. If you had the capacity to switch the direction your life was going without divine help, you would have had the power to not have gotten yourself into any messes in the first place. But we are all human and that means that we are incomplete on our own. We need each other and we need the faith that connects us to the master of the universe.
Today, take some time to explore your faith. Talk to God. Don't worry about saying the right thing or having the right amount of reverence. Just come to him honestly as you are and have a conversation. Ask him to strengthen your faith and to help you on your journey to improve yourself and your situations. Think about how amazing and good he really is, and how wonderful it is that he cares for you. The bible says that each of us is so valuable to him, that no single one of us could be traded for any other. That's why he had to send Jesus to redeem us, because the son of God himself was the only one valuable enough that his life could be exchanged for ours in eternity's accounts.
Spend some time strengthening your faith today, and every day, so that you can make all of your decisions with God's guidance instead of relying only on what you can see for yourself.
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