When life gets busy

When life gets busy...
When everything seems to be closing in...
When my head's too full...

... I'm grateful for the still, calm centre of faith.

B is for Believe

An A to Z of Me prompts for today:

B is for believe. What do you believe in? What do you put your confidence in?

When I start to look at what I believe, my mind is immediately taken to the Nicene Creed. I believe in God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is the one in whom I have confidence. I can trust what He says and because He strengthens me, I can do what He asks. Even when I don't have confidence in myself.

This faith has taken me through many things that I wouldn't have been able to do or face in my own strength.

Fall Fearless and Fly - No. 2

So, the second challenge from Fall Fearless and Fly. Here are the prompts:

Headline: Taking a chance. When did you take a chance or a leap of faith? What did you learn?
Colour: The one you like least
Quote: Don't refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase - that's what wild geese are for. Anonymous

Well, there aren't really any colours I don't like.  This isn't a combo I would usually use, though.

The quote didn't really speak to me. For me a wild goose chase is something that doesn't profit you because it is a waste of time. Taking a chance is not a waste of time because there is always something to learn. So I substituted another:

...there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.     David Lloyd George

As for taking a leap of faith, I have done that several times. One was when my husband went forward for  ordination and he had to give notice at his job and we put our house on the market before we knew he definitely had a place at theological college. (This was four weeks before term was due to start.)

The latest would be coming to Australia and leaving everything behind. I came not having been here before at all, not knowing what our housing would be like or anything.

What did I learn? Well, I learned that God is faithful and trustworthy. That is why there is a hand in the gap, ready to catch me if I falter.

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All at sea

There are times when I have no idea what is going on.

Times where I feel as if I'm in a very small boat on a very large sea.

With no landmarks in sight.

When I have an idea of the direction I should go in but no clues, I need to use a compass.

When I have to rest but don't want to drift, I need to use an anchor.

Faith provides both for me.

Thank You, Lord.