faith

Faith (Part One)

This morning my wife and I were listening to a short series of messages by TD Jakes. . These messages are available on You Tube and are entitled The Rich Reward of a Praying Soul. The series is broken up into six parts. I like these sermons because they Bishop Jakes talks about the topics of faith and hope in real world situations. I have always had a measure of faith in me. My problem is that sometimes the measure is quite small. It all depends upon how I am feeling and how big of a storm I am facing. This also occurs if a series of minor storms come within a close period of time. During these times I will go through periods of frustration, anger and depression. I often beat myself up for not being able to overcome problems by my own intellect and strength. The older I get the more limitations I realize that I have. This is always humbling and makes me mad. I almost feel like I don't have much choice in whether or not to believe in God. If I decide not to believe in God I am left with only one alternative: my own strength, ability and power. I soon realized that the second alternative wouldn't get me too far until I encountered a problem that out of my league. This is the main reason that I have learned to believe in God and trust in Him. I wish I could say that this faith sustains me all the time but this would be a lie too. Many times I have to pray to God for faith in His goodness.