Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Finding Faith
"You don't have to know why, you just have to know." ~ Andrea

I suppose one might say I was a "non-believer" most of my life. It's not that I didn't believe in God, it's just that I if I couldn't see it, feel it, or explain it, I had a hard time believing it. The one thing that I had always envied most in other people was their religous faith - it was the one thing I didn't have that I so desperately wanted.

I will never forget a friend of mine who was going through a tough time telling me that she knew that God would never give her more than she could handle, so she knew she was going to be ok. She meant it, she believed it, and so you know as tough as things were for her, her faith got her through. I on the other hand, was also going through a challenging time and felt completely alone, because at the time I did not share her faith in the knowing that there was a Spirit at my side that would guide me through.

And so it is a testament to the amazing miracle of the Spirit of Life that today I am the one sharing my sense of faith with others. An even greater miracle is that I still can't explain the details, to you or to myself. I can't tell you that I understand God or religion any better today than I did then. I still don't have all the details worked out, and can't give you an explantion for how or why...but I have finally found my way to a place called Faith.

What I've learned about Faith is that it has absolutely nothing to do with what church you attend, or the religious label you carry...to me Faith is the acknowledgement of the presence of a Higher Power, a Higher Energy. It is the Divine Power that exists within each and every one of us, and every living thing, and it connects us all - one to the other.

To me, Faith is about recognizing that our thoughts create our beliefs, which in turn create our reality. It is being aware that what we think and believe are something we can choose. That we can choose to connect with positive expectation, or to live in a place of fear and worry. We can choose to say, "I may not understand this, but I choose to believe it is so." And that is how I came to live in a place of Faith. I made the choice to believe, and so I do. This is the way of intention - you align yourself with a belief simply by deciding to do so, and then also being aware that old habits and patterns will continually try to direct you back to that place of doubt. Slowly but surely, as you continue to redirect your thoughts to that which you are choosing to believe, those beliefs begin to take hold and become more than a thought in your mind, they become a part of your spirit, and your entire being.

When I made the choice to connect with this Higher Power (which many call God) I began to experience God's presence in my life - at first in small ways, and now in much greater ways. I am less fearful, less analytical, less demanding of myself and others...and best of all I feel much less alone.

And so if you are feeling disconnected from the power of God, consider this: you don't have to know how, you don't have to understand why, you just have to make the choice that you are going to have Faith. Ask God to show you the way, to reveal to you all that you need to know and do...and allow yourself to be open to unseen and unknown possiblities. Then watch for all of the amazing and wonderful things that come your way. ~ Andrea :-)
Written at 5:32 AM by Andrea.
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