Learning to Love ... ME

Remember the old joke… How do you eat an elephant? One mouthful at a time… Well, when you have faith in God, you can move a mountain too, one shovel full at a time. Believe that you will be given the strength, the knowledge and the comfort that you’ll need to move the mountain that stands in your way.

Being faced with something that seems too big to comprehend is a scary situation for most of us. We do not know what the outcome may be. We worry, unnecessarily at times about things we have no control over. Allowing God to handle our problems is a hard task… no one wants to give up control. But if we do, chances are, all will work out better than we could have imagined. I’ve learned that having faith takes practice. Blind faith would be a blessing that one day I’m hoping to receive. God does grant us gifts and to get these we only need to ask. So yes, I pray to God to help me one day have the blind faith that I feel he wants me to have. The faith to know that no matter what is happening, it is God’s doing and I am where he wants me to be.

I once read a story about a man who was told he was going to die. He asked his physician what was heaven like. The physician said…. Well I’ve never been there. About that time, his dog was heard on the other side of the door. The dog was heard whining and wanting the door opened. The physician used the dog to demonstrate how he felt about heaven. He said….I hear my pet, he’s is on the other side of the door. He can sense that I am on this side. I am his master, so when I open the door, my dog has faith to know that I’ll greet him. So believe that death is like opening the door and seeing your master waiting for you with love and open arms…. Believe that good will be on the other side… Your Master is waiting.

There was a song…. Knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door… remember it? I am a child of the seventies…was tempted with lots of things and managed to escape without doing any permanent damage to myself or anyone else…. But that song from time to time… just that part, plays in my head… When indeed I am knock, knock, knocking on heaven’s door….I have faith that I will see my master, full of love and with open arms…

Dear Heavenly Father… I pray for those of us who just need to keep our faith, or to find out faith. Help us Lord receive your gifts that you have for us, bless us with believing that all we do is ask and you will bless us. Lord, as a small child comes to their parent and their needs are met…I pray that you meet the needs of all who ask. Be with the sick of mind or body, heal them Lord in your time… Give us all strength to make it through whatever trials may befall us. Lord, I thank you for my family, my friends and neighbors… the people on the street, the homeless, the rich and the poor. Lord, each one of us has needs and I pray that You will supply what is necessary for all who ask. Be with me today as I am out and about; guide my words and my actions to glorify your name. In the name of my Lord, Amen.

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