Prayer and faith in God always allows us to see beyond our own tiny world. Out beyond the subjective pain, suffering and weakness is a world of joy we can experience if we learn to let ourselves have faith.
For those of us without this belief, I do not know how you learn to cope but you do. I admire your strength.
May God bless you all whether you believe or not.
For those of us without this belief, I do not know how you learn to cope but you do. I admire your strength.
May God bless you all whether you believe or not.
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And God bless you for your inner strength and all your prayers...
I am trying to replace fear with faith; it\'s a continuous battle for the mind 24-7. I profess a faith I can\'t seem to feel in my body. The fear seems to exist at a muscular, sinewy, cellular level. I understand faith only as a mental construct, not as something deeply felt. That fear was instilled by years of physical, sexual, mental, emotional and spiritual abuse. Some wonder how I can believe at all; I believe because it\'s all I have; it\'s the only thing that gives me a shred of hope. Without that hope I would surely perish. I only have hope; faith and love are quite beyond my understanding yet.