A Little Faith

Life is full of ups and downs. The road we travel upon is full of twists and turns. Some roads we go down will have rocks and thorns and sticks and stones; will we fall "YES", but you see life is all about having faith, when we stumble and fall do we pick ourselves up, "NO", faith is the friend who picks us up. Faith is the one who kisses our scraped knees. Faith is the one who encourages to continue our travels. We in life should not ask why me, why did this happen to me, and oh I cant do this or I am too tired to do that. Have a little mustard seed of faith…..pick yourself up by the bra straps, stand tall, walk with confidence and pride, take a walk in the city, look at the ones on the street with no arms or no legs due to very unfortunate circumstances. Look at the man or the woman or child who is blind. Take a look at the family who just lost everything in a house fire. Look at the mother and father who were just told, your child is gone. Are all of these things fair, "NO" then look at yourself and see that you still have your house, you still have your children, you still have your eyesight, you still have your arms and your legs. How do you think all of these beautiful men and women go on with their lives? It is by blind faith. It is trusting and knowing that whatever circumstances we are dealt in life that there is a big reason for it. Will we ever truly know why we were dealt certain circumstances, "NO", but what we can do is be thankful for what we do have and have faith and trust that all in the end and in its own time will work out. Have faith that you are getting stronger, have faith that you are an achiever and an over comer. So if you are ever scared and you start to get the woe is me feeling and the why did this happen to me feeling, just remember, have a little faith, keep a positive attitude and most of all: GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED!!! We should never ask to be planted in a different garden. Just like a rose, she needs to be planted with a lot of space to grow so she can reach her petals to the sunshine. Be that mighty oak tree that strong majestic oak. Grow and bend and shake your branches and when you are grown in your faith you can teach the baby oaks how to grow where they are planted. Be the example to the baby oaks that are just learning to grow and stand strong. Have faith and grow in love, grow in light and grow in each other. When you are cold may the sun always shine on you to keep you warm. When you are hungry may you be fed words of encouragement and faith, and when you are tired may you rest in the arms of faith, it is faith who will always carry you when you are tired; and finally in the end when it is time to go, go with style and grace and beauty; when all is dark around you and sadness seems to appear, before you leave, turn on a light, so others will know you are always near!!! Written by: Angela Kay Zea