Faith

       My husband is a youth minister and I am blessed to be able to serve with him, leading a small group of high school aged girls.  While I was preparing for one of our discussions the thought occurred to me that I wasn't really passionate about what we were talking about.  

The topic was Faith.  

      I think that my problem was that I didn't understand faith for real, in my heart.  I had a mixture of worldly ideas about faith and Bible college answers about faith but it wasn't mine.  I didn't really know what I believed about faith and that bothered me.  

          THE WORLD believes that faith is risk, a gamble, a leap.

                     THE BIBLE teaches that faith is whatever you believe in action.  It is
                     a firm and stable belief. You are confident in the divine truth so
                     much so that you are acting continually on it. 

I need the kind of faith described in the Bible desperately in my life and I equally wanted the girls in my small group to understand this concept and choose to live it for themselves.  

It is so easy for us to become distracted by the world. 

     hidden sin      the past      the future      hurts      the media      relationships      money      the opinions of others      our appearance      talent      noise

       

     There are so many distractions that are constantly moving us away from where we need to be.  Having taken a deeper look at faith, I know that I need to let go of some things that have been hanging me up and keeping me from truly living out the hope I have in Christ.  

                          

I really just need a heart that looks more like Jesus.

I have a goal but I'm sure the journey is going to be long....

                                            but staying stationary is no longer an option.