{"id":4579,"date":"2021-10-08T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=4579"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T17:36:03","slug":"why-believing-will-make-you-convinced-of-things-unseen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/08\/why-believing-will-make-you-convinced-of-things-unseen\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Believing Will Make You Convinced of Things Unseen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>Jeremiah 36-37 GW<\/a>; Hebrews 11 GW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air is unseen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You have faith whether you think you do or not.  Everyone living today believes oxygen exists, even though they can\u2019t see it.  Without O2, we can\u2019t live. Each breath you take is one of faith, believing oxygen is present, filling your lungs, supporting your life.   Faith believes what is unseen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking steps of faith means moving forward even though you don\u2019t know what is ahead.  Trusting, as you journey along, no matter how slowly, God is with you.  Pain is something that comes with love.  If we didn\u2019t care deeply for other people, the pain wouldn\u2019t exist.  God wants us to trust Him with our wounds, crying out to Him in the depths of pain.   Our most powerful prayers are the shortest, \u201cLord, help me!\u201d  God will if you let Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open your heart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Believing in the Creator requires opening your heart to things unseen.  Never will you understand everything that happens in this life.  Pain is part of the journey; learning to deal with it healthily helps us move forward.  Instead of running from the hurts in life, move towards them.  Acknowledge the dark places that exist in all of us, then give them to God.  Let Him bear your heartache for you, comforting in ways only God can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my most painful times of life, I\u2019ve turned to God\u2019s word.  When my mom experienced emergency surgery to save her life, I remember reading my Bible by her bed.  When the pastor walked into the room, that was what I was doing.  Only by burying myself in God could I find His peace in dire circumstances.  God always shows up.  My habit of turning to the Bible started in my twenties.  Even though I wasn\u2019t attending church or actively pursuing a relationship with God, I\u2019d open the Bible and start reading when times got tough.  During my flight attendant days, I praised God for the Gideons, who placed Bibles in hotels.  I used them often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust in what you can\u2019t see.\u00a0 God is with you.\u00a0 His plan is unfolding in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord, thank You for always surrounding us.  Forgive us for doubting.  Today, as we face the devil\u2019s ploys, let us not doubt.  Give us faith to overcome any obstacle.  Our lives are Yours.  IJNIP.  Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question for reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are you believing in the unseen today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 minute read. Daily Reading: Jeremiah 36-37 GW; Hebrews 11 GW Air is unseen. You have faith whether you think you do or not.  Everyone living today believes oxygen exists, even though they can\u2019t see it.  Without O2, we can\u2019t live. Each breath you take is one of faith, believing oxygen is present, filling your… Continue reading Why Believing Will Make You Convinced of Things Unseen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4581,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4579\/revisions\/4581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}