Believe

Do you believe that there is an exploding bomb in such a small word as believe. It is powerful, I have used it twice in the first sentence. I want to think of believing in a spiritual sense, and not merely a religious sense. I don’t want to question anyone’s firmness of belief, only to ask one to look at the spiritual truth of your relationship with and to God.

We talk of truth; is it God’s truth or is I man’s truth? If we are talking about God’s Truth, the Truth that Jesus brings with his messages, it is not a faltering truth. This is the Truth that God gives us freely, with the joy and Grace that blesses the world with peace and harmony. It is a Truth that cannot be questioned. It is a truth that when all else is stripped away, there is nothing left, nothing except God.

Jesus walks this Earth asking us to believe in the firmness of God’s Truth. This is not blind faith; this is evident in everyday life. I have seen people trip and fall; others, perfect strangers rush to their sides to help them to their feet, hoping that there are no injuries. This is people living in God’s harmony with one another; this is God’s Truth in action. This is the firmness and constancy of Tru faith, the spiritual truth that comes only from God.

it rises from the depths of our very souls, where God lives within us. This is the place where we fear to go. This is the place within us that Joh calls the Dark Night of the Soul. It is where we ‘think’ rest all our fears and doubts; it is the place that we think conceals our worst nightmares. It is where we truly fear to tread. I have been there! I have weakly, like the coward I am, dug deeply into this cavern of fear and found a mirror image of myself, a gentle man, shining in brightness, asking to be freed, taking my hand and leading me up to the light of life, the light of God’s prayer, asking for my blessing in God’s name.

I firmly believe that this is my inner self, the one whom Jesus promised would be within me always in God’s name. So, I walk through life in prayer, knowing that God’s light shines within us and on us; we only have to let it shine, recognize its existence, and share its love with all we meet. I pray that God’s light will shine on us day and night.