My faith is inevitable. There have been a lot of things that I have come across just within this last week that have shown me why I have faith. Lately, within the past month, I have had some not so great experiences. To let you in on what I am trying to say, I’ll give you a summary of some of those experiences. It has been a month since I have been single, why is this relevant in any way you may think, well it’s because it was almost a five year relationship in which the person was not only my boyfriend, but my best friend. So that has probably been one of the most difficult things I’ve had to deal with not only in the past month, but also maybe so far in my life. During this time, I felt like everything was crashing down on me, a typical time for me to lose my faith in God just because it seems like everything was going wrong. I’ll have to admit that during the first couple of weeks of my breakup, I was a mess; totally turning away from my faith because I felt like my life was over. Yes, I know it seems a bit dramatic, but I was so consumed in this situation that it really did feel like everything in my life was ruined. Then one day it was like a switch was turned on inside of me, and I realized that instead of dwelling on my newfound single status I should take into consideration that this was an opportunity for something new.
So this is where my faith came into play and the presence of God can be seen in the simplest of things. After I came to the conclusion that I should take this “tragic” ending and turn it into a new beginning, I realized how great my friends were. I’m not one to have a million friends, I’ve always been more keen on having close, few, and true ones then many, not so true acquaintances. My friends were there for me; they kept me busy, took me out to lunch, to dinner, made me laugh and listened to me gripe about my horrible “ex”. So you see, God may not be physically standing right in front of me, but he was in the presence of my friends. Their comfort helped me realize that life is worth living and not worth crying about.
I really feel that I have a lot of faith in God because of the relationships I have with others. I see the goodness in people and know that there is always something deeper than just the presence of the friend…it’s the connection. This connection that one has with a friend is the invisible connection that God has with you. Obviously, God is not physically visible to people which is where many questions raise for people because they cant see something so they shouldn’t believe in it. However, friends are God’s way of taking care of us and because of friends, I have faith that there is a God.
"A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out." ~Grace Pulpit
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