Faith and Beyond

Faith tells me that the Lord created all. All things come from His calling them into existence. My belief is very simple, and it is what works for me. I believe having a relationship or not with Christ is a personal and individual experience for us all. I, like everyone have experienced storms, tragedies and trials. I have been going through some difficulties over the past few months. If my foundation was based on myself or that of this world...I would have long crumbled, however, my foundation is not built on "sand", but is built on the "rock." He is my anchor.

I do believe God knew us before we were formed. He knew the choices and actions that we would make, nothing comes as a surprise to him, and that despite our many shortcomings he loves us and offers forgiveness if we ask. In the majesty of all his creations, he gave us free will. We can choose to believe or not. Accept or reject, the choice is ours. It is certainly not mine to condemn another's beliefs or one's non-belief.

I think about the great love that he chose to give...he who was perfect and without any sin loved his children enough to take on their sin. That is powerful. His death was beyond brutal. His empty tomb and resurrection are victory over death. I praise him and I thank him. He is my Lord.

I have no doubt in my heart or my mind that I serve a living God who is ever present. There are things that occur in our world that we just do not understand....there is evil among us, there are wars and so many injustices. Things that are not clear will be made clear. I just hold faith.

I pray, I believe in his presence, his tender mercies and every grace he lovingly gives. I know when I call upon his name, he knows my need. I know he is with me in all things. I cannot possibly nor properly express enough praise or gratitude to God.

My personal belief is that when this life closes, we go into His arms in that moment. I honestly, do not know the process from that moment on...but believe in His word. I am at peace with it because I have accepted him as my Savior and that I walk by faith not by sight. I believe in full heart he is with us throughout our lives - before we were formed, our first breath and every moment in between including the final breath drawn here on this earth. While the shell of the body is laid to rest our soul lives on, it is eternally with Him.