Time flies very easily, before I knew it, it is already August and more than half of 2018 had already passed. Right now, I’m taking a moment to pen down my thoughts and reflect on what has been my journey so far during the previous months. I dedicate this post to God for truly being alive in my life and our life as a family.
The past months had been crazy for us, a lot of movements happen (literally and figuratively) in different areas of our lives. Those months were full of uncertainties and I would say that the one thing, yes, ONE THING, that I relied on was my faith to God. We made big decisions this year and a lot of it were scary. Not for a second did I put doubt in my heart that it will happen. Together with my family, we tirelessly prayed, declared victory to happen, worked towards our goals, and anchored our faith in God.
Those were months when we exercised our spiritual muscles and fixed our eyes to the prize. Right now, I am very happy to share that GOD made it all happen for us: exceedingly, abundantly, and amazingly! Yes, our prizes surpassed what we initially desired in our hearts.
I often hear people mocking, challenging, and questioning my faith just because they don’t have one (yet) and I totally respect that. But, here is what I personally believe. I intentionally strengthen my faith because that is something very personal and functional to me. Personal because, I can pray, cry, be joyful, and thankful to God in my prayers and quiet time. I can totally be me: unpretentious and human with flaws. I don’t need to turn to people or other source of gratification just to assure myself that I am doing okay. In my spiritual walk so far, God created those amazing encounter with the right people, circumstances, and resources to make the impossible possible. These all manifested in our family and my life this year. I met people that fulfill God’s promise to make things happen for us, we were granted favors smoothly and very easily, we met amazing friends, and a lot more! Secondly, my faith is functional because it keeps my sanity, gives me assurance in my down times, hope in uncertainty, and a reason to be joyful in everything. The reason why I don’t go everywhere searching for external validation is because my faith functionally plays an active role in my life to provide that validation to me.
But I am not here to talk about how people view my faith, I’m here to celebrate God’s goodness in our lives. For this, I put all the glory to God. My constant prayer is that God will bless us exceedingly so that we can give back to the community and we can radiate the same blessings to others.
Till next time dearies!
