Gotta Have Faith

Do you remember that George Michael song "Gotta Have Faith"? For those that are older than me I am really showing my immaturity and then for those who are younger than me I am really showing my age! haha For some strange reason that messed up song is stuck in my head today. It amazes me how songs that I cannot stand I seem to know every word to but the songs that I love I only know bits and pieces.

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Shane and Kristina are like walking Ipods. They know the words to every single song that was ever recorded. I promise! I'm sure I'm exaggerating but I must say that it is awfully close to every song. I can say the word "left" and within moments each one of them will break out into a song that has the word "left" in it. It is quite entertaining at times and comes in handy on long road trips, long lines at the store and on a day when you just need to laugh.

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Faith and believing go hand in hand in my book. Maybe some will argue with me on that issue but that is how I see it through my dark brown eyes. I have to have the faith in order to believe something. I'm the type that I have to know way down deep into my knower before I believe it. That's not always a good thing because my faith is a little shaky at times because of that. So, if my faith and my belief are walking hand in hand then my knower is at peace and all is well.

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I have noticed that I spout out things like "just trust in the Lord" or "in His time, not ours" or I've even caught myself saying "He has a plan for you if you will just allow him to light the way." Funny how many times I say things like that but there are days that I don't follow them myself. I try to control issues, situations, my kids, my job, my husband, my bills, my...life. I get so wrapped up in controlling things that I often wonder... Do I really believe?

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Well, John 5:44 answers that question for me, "No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God." (NLT). Well then!! As my Grannie would say "Put that bee in your bonnet!" Guess I need to tweak my knower just a little bit and introduce faith and belief and make sure that the hand I'm holding isn't my own!