What is Faith?

What is faith? 

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see."

Hebrews 11:1

I had read that verse before...but this week I had to ask myself the question: Do I truly understand what this verse is saying? You see, there are days when our faith is so unshakable, the sun is shining in our lives, and we just have so much to be thankful for, and well, praising God isn't really that hard! 

But suddenly, dark clouds begin to make their way into our part of the sky, and the rain pours down on us. That is when we must believe, by faith alone, that the Sun is still there....even though we cannot see it. But that is so much easier said than done! Instead, we panic, we can't find a way out of the storm, when the storm is really the one that will soon disappear and a beautiful rainbow will follow. If we could only have faith in God's promise "I will never leave you nor forsake you", if we could only lift our eyes to heaven and catch a glimpse of that sunlight through the dark clouds.

We will doubt, even Peter doubted when he had Jesus right in front of him!! he began to observe the reality of the storm for a moment, instead of fixing his eyes on Jesus, and he began to sink.

"Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him.

"You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

Matthew 14:31

There is hope, each little storm is a chance, every cloudy day is an opportunity for our faith to be tested. So that at the end we might stand in front of the King and confidently say:

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race,

I have kept the faith." 

2 Timothy 4:7

God bless!

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One Week without God makes one Weak

Hello everybody! 

So here are some pictures of our Thanksgiving, and some of this week's happenings. :)

If you'd like to listen to a couple of new songs I'm learning, you can go to: www.laprostudio.com/music and let me know what you think! ;)

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Happy Thanksgiving!

It's a beautiful Fall day, and the delightful aroma of dinner being prepared is starting to fill the whole house...what a joy to celebrate this day of Thanksgiving once again!

My heart is overflowing today as I reflect on God's goodness toward His children! He blesses us so much more than we could ever deserve!!

 And I know that this shouldn't only be said once a year...but today, I want to say THANK YOU!! I am so thankful for all of you!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my posts, it means so much to me! 

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

God bless you,

Laura

Who Am I?

"Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from Him."

Psalm 62:5

"Cast all you anxiety on Him because He cares for you."

1 Peter 5:7

It was another busy and rough week, but I learned a lot of mighty important lessons! 

Most of all, I personally learned how so many times we rush into a day, and our last priority in mind is to spend time with the Lord, it can so easily become a task, something we have to do each day, instead of something we long for each day. 

I know that was me at the beginning of the week. 

But one morning, as I was getting ready for a busy day ahead, I suddenly felt a humbling feeling as I realized what had been happening to me in the last few days. He had been knocking on the door, and I hadn't answered....He had been calling, and I had ignored Him. And I thought: who am I? that our Saviour, the King of Kings, is willing to spend time with me each day....and I simply turn him down because I have a million other things to do? 

Tears started running down my face, I went to my room, closed the door, and cried for what seemed like hours, I was feeling so empty, so guilty, so hopeless.....but surprisingly....despite of all my faults, He was there! waiting for me with His arms wide open...my heart melted, who am I Lord? I thought again. Who am I?

 I've learned that whatever my day brings, 

nothing can be as important as my time with Jesus.

Pictures of the Week:

This little one is growing up so fast!

We are starting to get some frost in the mornings....it looks so beautiful!

My mobile office has somewhat improved! :D

Have a great week everyone!