Pause. Think.
If faith being a divine gift why would we then struggle "with" it and not just accept it?
Tough. Why must we simply accept "it"? Because we must derive meaning from "it." Bingo.
I believe we struggle "in" faith.
Why? Well, for starters faith, in the same way as grace is, an ocean. We must plumb it's depths; The vast unknown. In addition to our own human inquisitive nature. Yet we have a life line, a floatation device, that will keep us from drowning. The Holy Spirit.
But what about when things are rough and choppy or extreme or frigid? In other words what do we do with faith when reality hits, when we are faced with the changes and ups and downs of life. Where is or rather how do I use my faith? Do I ask the Holy Spirit for guidance and growth in faith? Do I exercise my faith like a muscle? Am I ready for things that may or may never happen? What about the inevitabilities in life? All questions I and many of you may have. But what about answers?
Well that's it isn't it. The answers, they are the things we want and want now. And as we find out in life aren't the things that come to us immediately or in some cases never at all. Only God knows and sometimes He's not telling. Don't you think that when He doesn't give us that immediate answer either we're not ready or it's for our benefit.
Simplicity is beautiful yet life is so complicated. The more we try to control out of ourselves the complicated it gets. Faith is there to help us and guides us in our journey. It reassures and reaffirms us. We don't need all the answers. We need faith.
I'll leave you with this thought.
The more I learn as the older I get, the reality I am faced with is that I really don't know much at all. And in fact I don't need to. I can step back and take things in stride, that is, not that I am letting go or letting up in my journey just that some things, in fact, that most things are beyond us and maybe they should stay there and we should just have faith and be content in faith itself.
grace & peace
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