Keep the faith!

Sometimes it is very hard to keep the faith. I know when the world feels like it is going against you and everything seems to not work out, you just have to have faith. A lot of times when my family did not support me and my decisions, or when I felt like I was going to die of heat exhaustion in the military, or when I felt school was overwhelming, I knew there was a God who had a plan for me. You just always have to remember to keep the faith. Mark 11:22-24 ESV And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but just remember to not lose faith. I don’t know if you are in the middle of something and feel like you can’t go on anymore, if you feel like you have lost yourself, if you feel like you don’t know what the next step is, or if you feel like giving up... don’t. Know that He is right there for you. Believe in yourself, trust that you can do it and keep pushing through. There was many times in my life where I was super close to losing faith. Either when my parents were angry and not understanding of why on earth I wanted to be with a girl, when I got kicked out of college 3 months before graduating, rucking 12 miles with 45 pounds on my back, my parents divorcing, or loved ones passing away... I had to remember that everything happens for a reason and that God was right there. I had to have faith that He did not leave my side, because He never does. Faith is the key to a happy and fulfilling life. You can be rich and talented, but if you don’t have faith in yourself, in the beauty of life, every day will feel like a struggle. So how to develop faith? If you don’t believe in God, tune into your heart and see how life has surprised you before with gifts you hadn’t expected. And if you believe in God, study your religious text and see how it resonates with you. Express love towards people more often and forgive and forget the hatred of the past. Once you open your heart to faith, you’ll understand its true meaning. Three quotes and things to remember: 1. Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith is about believing that things will work out in the end. It doesn’t require reason or proof, faith simply exists. This is one of the most powerful quotes on faith.

2. Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. – Rabindranath Tagore

When difficulties arise, we should trust that they’ll only lead to a better life in the end.

3. It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. – Muhammad Ali

We shy away from challenges because we don’t believe in our abilities. Once you have faith in yourself, nothing can stop you. You got this. You are awesome because our God is awesome.