Faith

By far, the most random thing that happened to me this past year was when I met a Medium. She told me, "I've never said this to anyone before, but you're whole being is faith, and it's beautiful." I believe in faith more than I believe in an organized religion. I feel nervous even admitting that. I have absolutely nothing against organized religion, in fact I'm fascinated by it. I love learning about everyone's beliefs systems. And the more I learn about Christianity - as a whole - the more I realize we all believe in the same thing, God is our Father, and he is an ever loving and forgiving Lord. Faith is such an interesting word. There's obviously a ton of definitions for it, but the most striking one I've read is "belief that is not based on proof". Now, as Christians we believe in God and we believe in the Bible. I was a history major in college, so I've studied the historicity of Jesus. I can go into all this at another time, but my point is, we have proof that there was a man named Jesus who lived among us and through his actions, made enough people believe, and preach to the point that seriously changed the world. Whether you believe or not, that's something we all can agree happened. What's tough is - what about now? What about today? Some people say they have seen God through dreams or He has appeared to them in some way. Some say when they pray they hear him. I can make no claims like that that for me. I have never seen or heard him. But I believe in Him. I have faith. Growing up my mom always encouraged me to live by my faith. We acted in our faith, by feeding the homeless, visiting convalescent homes, and giving our time, since financially we didn't have a lot. Whenever we go somewhere, like the ocean, or up to Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada's my mom would look out the window and say "this is where I see God". Being in nature reassures my mom in her faith...even though God is not physically standing their welcoming us on our trip. For me, I see God in sunsets. I would probably see Him in sunrises but I don't get up that early. (That is a new goal of mine.) The way the sky changes and the colors that appear make me believe. I know there are scientific reason's behind it, but it is my faith that speaks to me in these moments. It's a calming feeling that no matter what is going on in my life, He is there. My favorite quote from the Bible is Ephesians 3:20. I wrote it down and have it on my refrigerator so I see it every day. "Now all glory to God, who is able, through his might power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think." Always and forever have faith.