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posted ago by niacin ago by niacin +482 / -2

A lot of you out there are new to the idea of Faith. Believing in something, bigger and stronger than you, even when everything else screams against it. It seems like hopium.

For those of us familiar with Faith and what it means to hold it in the face of persecution, this is nothing new. Being told what you believe is wrong and why you believe is stupid. We have heard it before.

God has spoken. His word is iron clad. When you have faith the size of a grain of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. I grew up on these words.

For some of us the struggle to believe is all too real. I, myself, have been facing a personal crisis of faith. I grew up Christian and had moved away from all of that over the years. Honestly, I'm not even sure why I'm writing this up, who am I to speak on faith when I walked away from God for so long? But here I am.

All of this has put me into a place where I feel like I have to believe in the greater power. That the divine is at work. That God's hand is in play. That we will see what can only be described as a miracle.

For those of you that need the receipts. When Trump gets 4 more years, you had better bet your ass that it was God's hand in events to turn the tide and nothing else. God works miracles and a way that it leaves NO DOUBT that it was by His hand. That is what I believe this is.

TLDR;

Hopium is Faith. Sometimes faith is hard to hold onto. When God comes through for us, know that it was HIM.

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strictly1957 6 points ago +6 / -0

The Redeemer will welcome the return of any wayward soul whose heart is true... your words show you're ready to return to faith. Hard as it may be to see it, your absence has strengthened you and made it possible for you to see the meaning of faith. On a similar journey myself. Faith in a higher power ended 25 years of drug and alcohol hell. And another 25 years sober but my faith waned even though my sobriety did not. All I can say is the Bible or Torah (your choice) contains the keys to a successful life. I sense you'll live well no matter what life throws your way. You sound like a solid soul. God bless us all and our President Donald John Trump.