Shine Like Stars

Therefore my dear friends, as you have always obeyed- not only in my presence but now much more in my absence - continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without arguing and complaining so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe; as you hold out he word of life-in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.

Philippians 2: 12-16

Faith + Hope = Trust

Faith is the belief that God is ; hope is believing that God will do what he has promised; and trust is living with absolute confidence in the Father's acceptance and unconditional love; and totally abandoning yourself to whatever He asks of you to do; even when it doesn't make sense.

Faith + Hope = Trust

One must have faith in the Lord, hope that he will complete what he started, and trust with an absolute certainty that through His love one will accomplish the ultimate purpose that He has planned.

He is gonna do great things through the hearts that are open to trusting in His way, and living out hope, by faithfully believing that He is, who He says He is.

Postive Perception

The beauty in this life sometimes is hidden in our greatest leap of faith. The road may continue to be long and it may continue to bring hardship, but when the perception is changed, there is hope amidst the storm. The beauty isn't found when all is content and at peace...beauty is found when walking through the rough terrain, and having the faith that peace will be found. Sad but true, it has taken me a few years to reach this point in my life...and to truly grasp that walking through the hardship and having a positive perception can help lighten the burden of this life. It is through taking a daily leap of faith, that allows the beauty in this life to be captured, the peace to be sustained, and the grace to be given.

Faith and Trust

Embrace the magic of yourself, is what I often tell myself to do. The last few months the magic within myself has been silent and often a mystery to me. The magic is often simple to find, it's the mystery of complexity of the truth that is hiding. What does it take for the complex truth to be known? It takes a little dabble of faith and huge proximity of trust.



In moments where the we feel caught in the ebb and flow, life is writing our story. It may be very simple, and often not that hard to read. It's the writer that's complex, and the magic and mystery are the elements that create the brilliant moral of the story.



So what do faith and trust have anything to do with the story? In recent weeks, I have learned that faith and trust are the story of life. They each represent a way to let the complexity of the story shine. What empowers a person to show the elements of magic and mystery is their ever so winding faith and trust in life. I realize that faith comes from not seeing, and only believing in the magic of a moment. God, can teach so many the true value of faith, and He can use the most fantastic light to show the way. If we don't embrace ourselves and trust with all that is within us and this life....then magic and mystery will fade....and life itself will become nothing but dormant.



So even when the complexity of life drives us mad, and causes us to stumble, faith and trust will ignite the magic and mystery within ourselves, to believe when we can't even see.

Monumental Miracles

There are times in life, when I take a moment to reflect on monumental miracles. I am not talking about the miracles that we all tend to pray for....but for the miracles that are obvious within everyday life, that grasp our attention and become something monumental within our lives. Those miracles teach us how to proceed in life, they give us hope, and they shine clarity within our souls. Sometimes the monumental miracles aren't so obvious and it takes time for one to realize that a miracle has been sent from above. Truthfully, we can view life as the miracle of hope...and in it find strands of faith that spark life experiences that shape the beauty of monumental miracles.

Live Humbly

Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leane.

- Aiden Wilson Tozer


Without humility and trust one can not walk an obedient life. May life itself teach us how to live humbly and to strengthen our trust to walk an obedient life.

Listen

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
~ Jimi Hendrix

Taking in the sights and sounds, and translating the perplexed thoughts into words.
It may never be simple, and it may never see the truth. It will always be pure and full of peace. For when the voice crackles and murmers the words from the soul, she will take the moment...to listen....and respond with clarity.