LOST FAITH (Making Choices)
A few months ago a good friend of mine approached me with tears in his eyes and said that as of that moment he had no faith in God. I invited him to private area, and we talked about his lack of faith. He was hurting. The first thing that I told him was that it's normal, absolutely normal to lose one's faith in times of despair. I did not quote scripture, I did not preach, I did not judge. Instead I simply stated that as a man looking at another man in pain my love for him is unconditional.
I truly believe that love is the greatest gift of all. But another phenomenal gift is the gift of choice. You see choice is something that we face on a daily basis and the decisions we make when faced with these choices are what shape us into the men that we are.
I talked with my friend and we reflected on our past; the darkest points of my life were caused by the choices I made in the situations that I found myself in. In every case when I did not listen to my conscience telling me to do the right thing, pointing me towards the proper choice, I failed. The result was I found myself miserable and without faith. Until I decided to do the right thing, is when I found myself with faith again.
You see Faith is a tricky yet very simple aspect of everyone's life. I've noticed that when people say they've lost their faith, often times they're not talking about God, on the contrary, they've lost faith in themselves. This is when the blame game begins.
For me, I know that I can accomplish very little alone. Don't get it twisted, I don't blindly trust people, but those that know me know I do talk to several people, ask several questions, weigh ideas, and share opinions and experiences, seeking decisions on choices that in many cases I may already know the answer to.
Check it out, I find that most times when men including myself ask people for advise, what they are really looking for is an easier path than the one already discovered. Let’s keep it real here, there are rarely easier paths. The path to true faith in God may seem bumpy and difficult to navigate but when trailed reveals a smoother road than the damaged roads we are more accustomed to traveling on.
My friend and I talked together for 20 minutes or so, and we ended our discussion with mutual smiles of satisfaction having discovered one another's joys and pains in life. I did not pray with him but I did pray for him because I know that though he says he has lost his faith in God, the fact of the matter is God our Father has never lost faith or unconditional love for him or us here in the prayer line.
None of us is perfect but we are all creations of a power much greater than ourselves. My choice is to never question my Creator’s faith in me but instead to have faith that all things will be revealed to me in my life in due time.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Romans 3:2
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
I truly believe that love is the greatest gift of all. But another phenomenal gift is the gift of choice. You see choice is something that we face on a daily basis and the decisions we make when faced with these choices are what shape us into the men that we are.
I talked with my friend and we reflected on our past; the darkest points of my life were caused by the choices I made in the situations that I found myself in. In every case when I did not listen to my conscience telling me to do the right thing, pointing me towards the proper choice, I failed. The result was I found myself miserable and without faith. Until I decided to do the right thing, is when I found myself with faith again.
You see Faith is a tricky yet very simple aspect of everyone's life. I've noticed that when people say they've lost their faith, often times they're not talking about God, on the contrary, they've lost faith in themselves. This is when the blame game begins.
For me, I know that I can accomplish very little alone. Don't get it twisted, I don't blindly trust people, but those that know me know I do talk to several people, ask several questions, weigh ideas, and share opinions and experiences, seeking decisions on choices that in many cases I may already know the answer to.
Check it out, I find that most times when men including myself ask people for advise, what they are really looking for is an easier path than the one already discovered. Let’s keep it real here, there are rarely easier paths. The path to true faith in God may seem bumpy and difficult to navigate but when trailed reveals a smoother road than the damaged roads we are more accustomed to traveling on.
My friend and I talked together for 20 minutes or so, and we ended our discussion with mutual smiles of satisfaction having discovered one another's joys and pains in life. I did not pray with him but I did pray for him because I know that though he says he has lost his faith in God, the fact of the matter is God our Father has never lost faith or unconditional love for him or us here in the prayer line.
None of us is perfect but we are all creations of a power much greater than ourselves. My choice is to never question my Creator’s faith in me but instead to have faith that all things will be revealed to me in my life in due time.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Romans 3:2
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
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