FAITH! Why is faith important? I.M. Heart, let me tell you why. Faith changes our outlook on life. We often live with concerns, worries and anxieties that just won’t go away. Most often they are things that we cannot change, haven’t happened, and may never happen. Yet they are always swimming around right in front of us. They blur our vision of what is good or wonderful in our life and we take our blessings for granted. The fear from them consumes us and stops us from reaching forward for our goals or dreams.
Faith is a knowing that all is well, in spite of any current circumstances that are not as we would wish. It is a sense that despite the trials and tribulations of this moment on this day, we are now and will be just fine. Is this always easy? No! In fact is can be very difficult to stop the panic train as it is racing down the track at full speed. Yet, chasing that train only creates more fear and anxiety. Put on the brake and stop that train wreck.
Visualize this. Pretend faith is a pathway and if you walk to the very edge of it you find a wall of anxieties and concerns. You can’t go any further. Take just one worry off the wall and look at both the truth and the lies around it. In this moment are you safe? Is all well—right now? If not, what can you change and not change? What action can you take now that will help you? In this moment, hold that fear in your hands and look at it. Hold it up to the sunlight and know you have the strength to venture into the unknown or seemingly impossible. As the light streams on the fear in your hand, accept with a knowing in your heart that what you cannot see or know will give you the courage to burst through the fear. This is faith!
Faith reassures. It is stronger than hope because it is built on expectations. It is an expectation of health, joy, companionship, fulfillment and other things desired. It is realizing that our good is on its way. It is a statement of action giving us the courage to take risks, trust in our intuition, and make new choices. Faith is a knowing – a sense of blessings seen and those yet to be seen. In Hebrews 11.1, the Bible says that “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Have you ever heard the phrase, “Take a leap in faith”? Many of us have faith, but we feel it is often tested or we may question the strength of our faith. We believe, yet there is confusion and uncertainty. Sometimes our unbelief seems stronger than our belief. Life situations seem impossible or continue beyond what we think we can tolerate. However, this is exactly the time to “take a leap in faith.”
In this season of Christmas, take a leap in birthing a new level of faith. The Christ consciousness offers us love beyond what we can even imagine. As we connect with this source of love, it changes us. We become more spiritual and it changes how we see the world around us. Consider this as taking a leap or surrender into the loving arms of spirit. In this safety net all is well and we are lifted to love, joy, and opportunity that we cannot even imagine. These are the blessings of faith!