Stepping Forward In Faith
Mark 10:48
Many of the people scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, 'Son of David, have mercy on me.'
This blog has been an eye opening experience. I have had people reach out to me that I never dreamed I would talk to and I have had people that did not support me in a way that I thought they should. I honestly was hurt when I didn't receive that support from them.
When I started writing I was continuously thinking people would judge me on my new path and rediscovered faith. It was in the back of my mind that some people wouldn't believe that I had changed for the better, but it was big dose of reality when I realized who actually was in my corner and who could have cared less about what I was going through. Maybe I hadn't given them the support they needed so they didn't feel the need to do the same. Whatever the case was, I unfortunately threw a pity party for myself. Which was wrong of me. I have personally always worried what people would think of me no matter what I did or didn't do. My fear was outshining my faith. It has always been a struggle for me, but luckily I am finally starting to realize I don't need others approval of what I do or don't do. This experience is about my faith and what I am going through. Maybe you can relate and maybe you can't. Either way I am now only relying on God's approval because that is the only one that matters. He called me to make my faith and goals public and I am telling everyone because I want my faith to grow.
Keeping my faith a secret means I have a shallow faith. That's why I have made it my intention to go public with my faith and how God is working on me personally. I am only focusing on the future and not the fear that dominated my past. Putting myself out there on such a public platform was a BIG fear of mine, but I knew if was going to make a fresh start with my faith, I needed to face every fear head on. Fear has the ability to paralyze our potential. It makes us selfish and afraid to commit to what God is asking of us. Committing to what God is asking of us seems super scary. But what is scarier? Staying in our fear dominated past or do what God asks of us and step forward in faith?
I have confidence stepping forward with my goals in life because I know God is there to meet me once I take those steps. He wouldn't have asked me to take the steps if he knew I would fail. I hope and continuously pray that the more new people that know my goal the more accountability I will have with my faith and how important it is to constantly grow it!
Many of the people scolded him and told him to be quiet. But he shouted even more loudly, 'Son of David, have mercy on me.'
This blog has been an eye opening experience. I have had people reach out to me that I never dreamed I would talk to and I have had people that did not support me in a way that I thought they should. I honestly was hurt when I didn't receive that support from them.
When I started writing I was continuously thinking people would judge me on my new path and rediscovered faith. It was in the back of my mind that some people wouldn't believe that I had changed for the better, but it was big dose of reality when I realized who actually was in my corner and who could have cared less about what I was going through. Maybe I hadn't given them the support they needed so they didn't feel the need to do the same. Whatever the case was, I unfortunately threw a pity party for myself. Which was wrong of me. I have personally always worried what people would think of me no matter what I did or didn't do. My fear was outshining my faith. It has always been a struggle for me, but luckily I am finally starting to realize I don't need others approval of what I do or don't do. This experience is about my faith and what I am going through. Maybe you can relate and maybe you can't. Either way I am now only relying on God's approval because that is the only one that matters. He called me to make my faith and goals public and I am telling everyone because I want my faith to grow.
Keeping my faith a secret means I have a shallow faith. That's why I have made it my intention to go public with my faith and how God is working on me personally. I am only focusing on the future and not the fear that dominated my past. Putting myself out there on such a public platform was a BIG fear of mine, but I knew if was going to make a fresh start with my faith, I needed to face every fear head on. Fear has the ability to paralyze our potential. It makes us selfish and afraid to commit to what God is asking of us. Committing to what God is asking of us seems super scary. But what is scarier? Staying in our fear dominated past or do what God asks of us and step forward in faith?
I have confidence stepping forward with my goals in life because I know God is there to meet me once I take those steps. He wouldn't have asked me to take the steps if he knew I would fail. I hope and continuously pray that the more new people that know my goal the more accountability I will have with my faith and how important it is to constantly grow it!
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