Glorious Unseen

I have been sifting through this whole concept of walking by faith all week now.. people describe faith in God like faith in the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it and you know it's there. Or even the story of the blind woman, she could see nothing, but went on what she heard, what she could feel and just what she knew. In someways those ideas are comforting, because they are familiar concepts, but those ideas cannot even begin to describe the faith I have, the faith i yearn to have, and the faith I will never obtain in my glorious, mighty, powerful God!!! One of the best ways an active faith has been described to me is in an analogy of a parachute... If your in a plane thats crashing, and you are given a parachute, you won't just sit there and believe "this parachute will save me." Instead, you put your faith in the parachute, strap it tightly to your back, jump out of the plane, and pull the string. So often do we just recite "I believe in God. I believe in Jesus." Satan himself can say that! Our life's plane is spiraling downward, on a straight path to hell, when we say that we believe we are given a chute, but until we actively walk in faith, strap on our salvation tightly around the waist, jump out into open air, and allow that savior to do His work by pulling the string, we are not saved.

Our God is not like the wind, or a blind person's cane, because when I put my faith in Him, and jump head first out of a plane, I receive undeserved grace, mercy, love and blessings that I cannot receive from anything here on this Earth. We so often put our faith in the wind, on our "walking stick" on people, things, rational ideas that just seem to MAKE SENSE. We put our trust into things that will stop, that will perish. The wind can stop blowing, our cane will eventually fail us, people will lie and cheat, things will rust and grow old and outdated, ideas will be proven wrong over and over again... but realize, God will never fail you! Our God will never die or perish, He will never grow outdated or weary, He cannot rust, and He refuses to stop. He is bigger than a mountain, bigger than our planet, our universe, our galaxy and beyond, but for some glorious, uncomprehendable reason He sent His perfect son, to live a perfect life, and be brutally beaten, and murdered, for our sins. THIS concept still does not make sense to me, but I would rather put my faith in that love, than in the wind.

Walk by faith.

I noticed a blind lady on the roadside. At first I didn't realize she was blind, but when I did I couldn't help but observe her. She was walking alone, and didn't have anything except her stick and her senses to guide her. As I observed her I got to thinking about my faithwalk, and realized that she was a powerful sermon about every believer's faithwalk. I was amazed by the fearless, firm and confident way the lady was walking despite her lack of sight, and thought about the fearless firm confidence every believer has to develop as they walk with Christ. I thank God for that sermon for it was truly inspiring to me.

We walk by faith and not by sight



Walking with God is such a leap of faith... You can't hold on to the side, or inch your way down, you have to take that ONE small step and fall into the water, where you will drown in grace, and bathe in His sweet sweet mercy and love.

There was, and is, so much I wanted to hold on to, so much I didn't want to lose. Walking by faith is terrifying, and it's not safe, it's not ideal,nor is it rational. The tug of our cultures influence in my life has been so hard to break free from, but as I'm breaking through these chains, running for the crown to lay at my King's feet I feel so ALIVE. I am so eager to see where the Lord takes me, trusting that He will provide. My leap was from trembling feet that love so much to stay where they are, but God has been so good to me! Praise God for the people He has brought into my life to help guide me on the path my Father has created for me. Praise God for opening hearts, and minds, so that we can fellowship with one another. Thank God for the ones who are now lost but their lives soo be intercepted by the Holy Spirit in such Power. Walking with our Lord is terrifying, it is not safe, it is not ideal, nor is it rational, walking with our God is not always easy, but it is so delightful our God is so good, and so mighty. I am so blessed to know my God. I am seeking to know Him more.

It is crucial for us to recognize that we cannot move, love, live, laugh, and in particularly heal without the denial of ourselves and henceforth the glorification of our Father.

We are to become transparent transients of this Earth only to reveal the greatness of God.

Christianity is not a weapon. It is not a tool to sway political opinion.

People possess the ability to comfort, but only God can possess the ability to heal.

I believe I am alive because the Lord is not through with me yet.

God called us to be birds, not the trees they live in.

God's love is indiscriminate

Imagination is not faith.

The start of something new..

Writting is such a bold, yet quiet way to express yourself, getting lost in your words is a magical and unique feeling. Writting to the Lord, however, can be much more rewarding. When you allow Him to overcome what you say, or type, He can teach you, things that have been scribed onto your heart but always unaccounted for. Maybe this form of writting will help me see the Lord's work in my life, and in my heart. A place for me to look back and see where I have been, what He was showing me and how I have grown.