That's what faith can do

A little over a month ago I started attending a women's bible study. Studying the bible in years past was never something that I was really 'into' or wanted to be into. I honestly did not know what to expect because this was my first small group. Of course I have been to Sunday school  and youth groups before in the past, but never participated in a small group as an adult. In taking the steps to join the group I was rather apprehensive; thinking do  I really have the time, am I in the 'right place' (spiritually) to join...an so on and so on. But I made the leap out of my comfort zone and joined!

This week I left the group with questions about what my vision for my life was and how to walk the path to get there. Often I find myself having day dreams, or having thoughts of grandeur but that is not what I am talking about by 'vision'. What I am talking about it the overall big picture stuff of life(my marriage, family, career, finances, everything!). The main focus of this weeks group was self disciple and how that applies to our lives and culture. First off I know self discipline something that I struggle with immensely UNLESS....I can see the goal in sight I often give in to self indulgent ways. So this got my mind racing.....about all the connecting point between the vision that I have for my life and self discipline.

Through the connection process the word that kept coming to mind was faith. What is the biblical meaning of the word faith? what do I put my faith in? without faith what would my life be like? And how is my faith connected to self discipline? In answering these questions it made me really deal with how I am shaping my vision and path that I am taking in life; and if I was to draw out my life's journey at times has been the straight and narrow and other times it is a chaotic maze. The constant that I have in my life is my faith in God.  Through applying my faith in God and yielding to obedience through self discipline and not my self indulgent ways is truly how my vision can be obtained. SO, the last question that I asked myself was, what can faith do? And I know that I don't have all the answers but this is what I have seen faith do: heal, offer hope, forgive, change what was thought to be the unchangeable.


Hebrews 12:11-13:
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. Make level paths for your feet,so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.