Trust. Is trust another word for faith? To me, faith has a religious tone...trust is spiritual in nature but not religious. As to God, both need be cultivated, but trusting that God has my back fits me better.
The problem being "fits me better" are just so many words. Saying, quoting, repeating...pish-tosh...living what we're saying is the jugular of life.
Trusting God builds a reliable faith in our inner Self. Building that trust requires beginning with trusting our reasoning mind...the last place, etc., since it seems so often wrong.
Ah, there's our crucible, the wrong in the crucible is turned into the gold of trust not by our thoughts but by our raised consciousness...or our raising consciousness. It is the elusive and unmanipulable God consciousness we so diligently seek that brings the peace that passes understanding.
We read our Goldsmith, Rohr, et al., to learn what happens within us when we trust, have faith, live by spiritual principles. However, until what we're reading is what we're living...and not by self-will but by God's will...we're pretty much a human Xerox machine with doubts.
Comes the time when we hold our nose and take a leap of faith...we quit quoting neighbors, mentors, friends and teachers...we become less visible, often misquoted, misunderstood, ignored. Jump up and shout Hallelujah! We're on the right road, heading in the right direction.
Thank you.
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