A Measure of Faith
By
Anne DeGeorge
First, our life begins on the day we are born into this
world. Then the days, weeks and months roll into years gone by. As we learn and
grow, we come to accumulate knowledge. Hopefully as the years go by we also
gain wisdom. By time we have reached “a certain age” we have a pretty good
wealth of knowledge and a good amount of wisdom.
Also, along the way if we have been brought up – “in the way
that we ought to go” we gain faith and have a spiritual life. It is that faith
that is the comforter in life. We learn in life that there are things we cannot
change and then there are things in life that happen to us that are blessings
from above. As we mature, we learn to “exercise” our faith and to “trust” the
voice of the Holy Spirit within us.
Once in a while, as I live my daily life, I find moments
where I can feel assured about what I am doing is a right and good thing to be
doing. It is in these flashes of moments that I can feel God’s grace within me.
Life isn’t easy, to be sure. However – life doesn’t have to be as difficult as “society”
would have us believe.
When I come across an obstacle in my life – at first I react
with frustration. Then when I’ve taken a few seconds and get control over my
emotions, I take a cleansing breath and then I give thanks for God’s will
(happening) in my life. It’s at those moments that I stop and take time to
thank and praise Him for all that he has done for me.
I strive to live my life one day at a time, after all –
tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone. So as I go about my daily routine, and a
moment of clarity comes into my mind, I know that I am on the “right track” and
I feel good about myself and what I’m doing again.
The secret to living life – don’t take yourself so seriously.
Enjoy life one day at a time and use that measure of faith that you have been
given, to look for opportunities to do good and to keep trust in God that He is
helping you to stay on the right path.
ROMANS 12:3 - For by the grace given to me I say to everyone
among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to
think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
