FAITH

WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?  Faith - there's an awful lot of chest beating out there about Faith and what it does and doesn't, should and shouldn't mean.  Religion, used as a constant excuse to start wars and to justify acts of mind blowing abhorence, at the same time inspires people to reach out to one another in the most profound and  life affirming ways.  Some people devote their lives to their religion, whilst some run a mile from any mention of God and all that jazz.  And then there are those who define themselves as Spiritual, who feel that they don't require an alignment with an organised religion to be tuned in to the Divine.  One thing's for sure - after all of these centuries, religion is still an immensely powerful topic.

I think that one of the most important questions around our connection to the Divine, however we express it, is how your Faith holds up when something's up.  It's easy to say that you believe in a Higher Power when all is well in your world, but what about when everything's falling apart?  Does your Faith serve you?  Does it nurture you and provide you with what you need to ride out the storm?  Just how much of a believer are you?  How much of a believer did you think you were?  How much of a believer do you want to be?  Do you want to keep believing in the same things, in the same way?  Do you want to keep believing?

These questions and the like are very personal and, ultimately, can only be answered by each of us in our own quiet moments of reflection.  There are no right or wrong answers, there are only the answers that are right for you.  Food for thought...