Hope many of you had the opportunity to listen to the song, whose lyrics I posted in my previous journal. It speaks of the foundation of our fatih, to believe... to believe that we have a Creator, and that our Creator looks upon us as His Children and therefore we can go to Him as our Father. Our Father because of the love He has for us while we are here on Earth, an imperfect world, gave us of Himself thru Jesus the method by which we can reunite with once again with Him. Much like that brand new mobile phone that comes with a small charge from right out of the box, the instructions indicate that we must connect it back to the source of power for it function as intended. Faith is to trust, to have confidence, to acknowledge... He said "I am the Lord Your God" in the Old Testament, He said so many times in so many ways while walking on Earth "I am the light of the world...", without Him nothing can exist.  We find ourselves involved in a battle, between Good and evil, and unless we stay close to Him the lines between the two become obscured. Just as the serpent said in the Garden, it's o.k. to take of the forbidden fruit, the same is being said in other areas of our lives with the intent to deceive, to weaken, to infiltrate  and take hold of our spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical wellbeing... to separate us from God. I don't have the answers to why all things happen, either in my past or in the lives of others, I do know that what is written in the Bible is God's Truth, there is meaning to it at different levels of understanding and thru His Words He speaks. I also know that in this struggle we are in, with your eyes looking around you "even the rocks"... cry out. He choses us for the roles and function we are to carry-out, we are works in progress, if we listen He will form us in His Likeness... and know this, He is very Diverse! On my trip during the Christmas season, I took a ride out towards a beach, after spending the day there, as I was leaving there was a little girl building a sand castle with a well formed lake next to it, I saw her look up at me as I left. On the road, driving up thru a mountain side, I had to look over and see this incredible view of a turquoise colored bay surrounded by high cliffs and just a fabulous view, I remembered the little girl, her lake was surrounded by a ledge she had made around it... I thought God can with the thumb of His Finger make an imprint into the sand and create such wonders. He has something prepared... as Jesus said "in my Father's house are many mansions, I go and prepare a place for you" (paraphrased). As I finished these last lines of this entry I thought of a song I had been listening on that road trip, so I went to youtube to see if I could find it, He is always present, I was amazed at what I found, please watch and enjoy. The Lord Bless You! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hsmF5o68cw