ang's Blog

These are some really good points to keep in mind. Sometimes as a girl you often forget how you look to the outside world. We have to forgo what the world says is the appropriate answer and look to what God says. He sets the standards.

That's wonderful.

I car pool with a friend to work every day and if something good happens in her favor she will always say, "Thank you Jesus." Example: We pull up to a light and as we are approaching she will say thank you..... We will go down the road a little bit more and someone might move out of her way into another lane which allows us to pass everyone by. She will then say again, oh thank you....

Background: She attends a community church (Grace Community) and is some what knowledgeable of the scriptures but misapplies them. I am currently talking to her and have invited her several times to worship services. She has come several times and always agrees with what's being said.

It bothers me that she says this all time and I'm wondering if she thinks that Jesus is really doing these things. If you have any thoughts and opinions about this please share. I would love to hear them.

I am a believer.

Believers are people who naturally connect with the Holy One through simple trust. They are open and receptive to spiritual experiences and have an inner certainty that God is present in those experiences. Even when it appears that God is not acting overtly, they are confident in the movement of God’s Spirit. When once they have been convinced of God’s presence and have given themselves in faith to God, they are not easily dissuaded from that trustfulness by situations or people that challenge their ready faith. They seek to relate to the Holy One through straightforward and undemanding dependence. They tend to pray with certainty in God’s response. If they were to meet God face to face, they would rejoice that their hope had been realized.

Moses, the figure so prominent in the early history of God’s people, exhibits many of the qualities of a believer. When he first encountered the Holy One, he trusted in what he saw, what he heard. And he responded from that place of trust. His faith continued to develop despite his own sense of self-inadequacy, and even when his own unworthiness crept in, he continued to act with straightforward certainty in the promises of the Holy One.

If you are a believer, you will find your soul nourished whenever you are called upon to act in faith on what may not be readily apparent to others. The Faith and Life portraits will be of interest as examples of others’ response to the spirit. Believers may find it harder to nurture their faith through what is still unknown or that skirts just outside the bounds of traditional belief patterns. Explorefaith.org’s sections on Mystery and Mysticism, Saints, Prophets, and Spiritual Guides, listening to dreams, exploring the labyrinth and tools for self-reflection may deepen and strengthen your uneasiness with mystery and uncertainty.