Pardon me – Trust in God

I’ve had this pardon me on my mind for a few weeks but I haven’t taken the time to send it out, which is wack of me, so please excuse my absence. A few weeks ago someone gave me an amazing analogy about faith and trust that I would like to share with you.

Imagine a pond, a frozen pond. Faith is our belief, it’s the belief in things unseen. Now we believe the pond is frozen, but we’ve never stood on a frozen pond, well at least I haven’t, so I don’t know for sure that this pond can hold my weight. But I believe the pond is frozen, I’ve heard about frozen ponds, people ice skate on frozen ponds, I believe that ponds can freeze, it’s pure science, water freezes after it reaches a certain temperature. But do I trust that I will get across that pond? Do I trust that if I go out and walk on that pond and attempt to cross the pond that I won’t fall in the water and die of hypothermia.

Think about the Lord, we know God exists, even non-believers know that God exists! We have faith in our Lord and savior, we believe that he exists and has the ability to get us through. Through God all things can be done. I know that God has the power to turn my life around and make me the happiest, most successful man in the world. I believe that he has that power, but do I trust him to do so?

I watch God benefit my life and others. I pray and I have seen some of those prayers answered, I believe in God. But for some strange reason, when I get out on the pond, and it’s a little shaky, my foot even breaks through the ice and becomes frost-bitten. At those moments, troubled times in our lives, I sometimes begin to know and believe that God can help me out of this situation but I don’t necessarily trust that he will. I become a victim of what is seen, and what is heard and my faith and trust falters.

Do you ever feel like this? If not, God bless you because it’s a horrible feeling. But I know that many of my friends have experienced this same lack of trust. What I say to them and myself is this. I can do some great things, and sometimes, I’m on my own deadline, meaning I’m not moving as fast as someone would like me to. But I plan to make it happen for them, how would we feel if we were doubted by the very people we were trying to help. Some of us would work harder to make sure they knew we were there. But what if we were helping someone who always seems to find themself in a mess. They’ve ignored the good advice we gave them and we are plan to help them but maybe they need to learn a lesson. This person who then starts to doubt us is laughable because we want to help, we will help but we need for them to help themselves and also to start preventing troubles. God is like this with us, he has given us the way, we don’t always follow and sometimes we end up in some stuff!

Me and these metaphors, sometimes I lose myself. God has shown us the way! Love and peace, hard work and tenacity will help us reach our goals. Not trusting in our biggest supporter is foolish but it’s real. We have to work hard in getting know our God better so that we understand how to trust him and that everything will be alright. If it’s not alright and we did all that we could to make it right then maybe what we think is right for us, is not what we are supposed to  be doing at that given juncture. A reverend once said, that sometimes God puts us on a dead end street because he needed to turn us around. No matter where you are, trust in he who has brought you this far and keep striving for what God has for you. When you believe in God and yourself, when you trust, REALLY TRUST IN GOD AND YOURSELF, you will make it. Peace and Grace be unto you.Pardon