Big Words | Faith

If we don't have faith we have nothing. Faith is one of the center of our beings. It's the foundation of who we are. 


Faith can best be described as a tree. Starts out small as a seed but slowly begins to grow. It doesn't happen over night but takes years before it becomes a tall tree. Even after many years trees still grow and will continue to grow until the tree dies. The same is with our faith. It will continue to grow and become more vast until the day that we die. 


Trees don't just grow by themselves. They take in nutrients and water with their roots from their immediate surroundings. This allows them to continue to grow or if there isn't any good nutrients around them they won't be able to grow. The same can be said for us. We are influenced by those around us and our faith grows by the support we have around us. 


A tree defies gravity by taking up nutrients and water through its roots and sending it to the top of the tree without using any energy. Our faith can also defy the world that holds us down. 


A tree also has many branches that come off of the main trunk of the tree. Just as our faith has many aspects and many different ideas that are based off of one central idea. 


It is a complex thing that is different for ever person. Every person grows at a different rate. There are trials and tribulations that can change every year. Some cause us to grow stronger while others cause us to grow slower. Faith is at our core and from that grows our branches.


He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
Matthew 17:20




Update:
P.S. Word in bold has been fixed thanks to the review of Matthew Pautsch.

Big Words | Truth

Truth are the words that do not want to be uttered. Instead of confronting with the truth we back away and say I don't know. In all truth we know but we are to afraid to say the truth because we fear the truth. The truth about us or about telling the truth to someone else. It brings about confrontation and that can be uncomfortable. We would rather stay comfortable and believe the "truth" that we are living. Even if the truth is brought to us, we tend to ignore and say that it cannot possibly be the truth. 

I know I do this all the time. If the truth is presented to me I tend to shrink away and begin to not pay attention. A lot of times I even begin to defend myself. I put up a wall and try to say why it isn't the truth. In all honesty I am afraid of the truth. It means accepting apart of me that I don't want to. We are slaves to the selves that we have created. Truth is what sets us free and yet we turn away from the truth. 

Truth is where it all begins though. It's the start of becoming something true. Truth about ourselves is where it starts but we can't do it without other people because most of the time we can't see the truth that is right in front of our faces.

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 

John 8:32

A Thought on Prayer

Praying
It doesn't have to be
the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones; just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don't try

to make them elaborate, this isn't

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which

another voice may speak.

-Mary Oliver

Path

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead, where there is no path, and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson