Growing up comes with baggage in the form of experiences; akin to a car’s mileage. Our unique experiences can be quite hurtful and meet us in a state of unpreparedness but if we are patient, the blessings from it will come to us and will confer on us some insight, some profound, others not so much. These experiences may come in the light of humbling, hard lessons in humility or a brief exposure to some salient truth.
Faith is patient but assured, and she is no weakling; the one who will ride on her back must come with tamed strength and courage. Faith is one huge blessing and adversity wasn’t meant to crush but to build us, it all depends on how we respond!
Of a truth, we don’t just arrive at pain; we lost something or someone, failed at something, we got betrayed, we were genuinely hurt but when you’re unbreakable; it’s probably because Faith set you free. In all of these, we are no victims, whether we brought it upon ourselves or fate put it upon us. We are conquerors. Even if the lesson continues until it is mastered.
From cradle, we continue to learn and hear about the virtues of kindness, love, trust, faith, hope, courage, perseverance and many more. Yet we will be struck by how much the goodness in us can cost us, since we are not responsible for the choice that others will make regarding same virtues. We begin to learn how to ‘cope’ with the many deceptions and games, how trust can become a two-edged sword and betrayal can fall like a cascade of astonishingly cold water.
Yet, in all things; Faith has a place. Faith is the difference in how things play out eventually, Faith is what leads some people to a quiet stream of clear water nursing lilies to bloom on both sides. Yet, it is the absence of it that sends some to a dark place of pain, anguish, and self-reproach. Faith is a big deal, the consequence of it is beloved to the one who practices it and represses anguish.
Be encouraged to look inwards, in the deep recesses of your mind; there lies your freedom and strength. It is with no one else and when you find the light, everything begins to add up. You realise you are at the wheel, you are not some object that life and people toss about, you attain a dangerous level of awesomeness where no regret or pain can touch you unless you make the decision to be touched by it. You are good enough as you are, and the possibilities ahead of you are larger than life. Stop sulking. Practice some Faith.
Faith can make you leap for joy against all reasoning; can give you wings to fly, Faith can make you experience things profound; it is Faith that holds your hand against all odds! No loss can damage you because Faith makes you taut as a tight rope. No one and nothing is going to break you, you will only bend, but your roots will continue to draw water from faraway lands.
But if you must succumb to breaking, yield to break only in the hands of Faith. Because when Faith leads you to tears, something is going to change inside of you, a good seed will find its root, things are about to turn around for your good.
Sow your seed faithfully and don’t go stirring the soil every morning. Leave the process and hold your peace. In the dead of the night, at the darkest hours, your seed will be established, and one morning while you are minding your business, your sprout will dance and tilt quietly and beautifully to the morning’s blessings reminding you of a fulfilled promise by Faith. Question is, will you trust your heart to wait?
On the authority of faith, walk and work through your darkest nights with resolve, assured of the light at the tunnel’s end. Break down the false restraints from self-doubt, and mute the noise of your detractors. Concentrate. Focus. Find strength. Heal by Faith. Breathe in. Breathe out. Growth takes time, all of your dreams will come true; let your Faith heal you. FAITH IS FREE!!!
‘It is a blessing that we all look nothing like what we’ve been through’ and I wish you much strength, FAITH and Love on your path to the place where your Hope is brought alive, where your dreams unfold before your very eyes! Let your eyes flicker with hope, you future will thrive-only have faith.
With love,
From Kaffy ❤.