"Faith deals with the
possibilities of the future
when you're depending
upon yourself to create that
future. It's when you're
convinced you're still going
to win even though your
circumstances appear to
say otherwise. Faith is the
belief that YOU will
triumph in all things when
all things are against you!" "In my own life, it's faith
that keeps me pushing past
the constant roadblocks
that stand in my way. I'm
sure you know how
frustrating that can be. You
keep asking yourself, "Why
can't this be easier?," but
despite the resistance, you
just keep pushing on. That's
the evidence of faith. That's
when you have certainity."
There's a difference
between faith & hope Hope is not certainty. Hope is a
desire that something will
happen, but faith is when you're
certain it will happen because
you're the one that's going to
make it happen. Faith, therefore,
is a true dependency upon
yourself while hope is a
dependency upon something
outside of you. Faith is a
certainty that you have the
power to shape your own future
when life is set against you.
Faith is different from hope,
because I'm not talking about
you "hoping" things will turn out
for the better. That's not faith.
Hope is a good thing to have,
but faith is much different.
Hope is more like a wish, but
faith is an assurance. Hope will
still leave you questioning, but
faith dispels all doubt.
The mountains in our
minds are bigger than
the mountains we
climb
As I said, with hope, you're
dependent upon something
outside of you whether it's
circumstances or people. The
problem with that is that you
can't control people and
circumstances like you can
yourself. That's why faith is
more certain than hope, because
faith is based upon something
you have the power to control
you !
"But what do I mean by
depending upon you? Isn't
that part of the problem? If
you could depend upon you
then all of this would be
easy, right? In other words,
your problem is that YOU
ARE depending upon you
and YOU are just not that
dependable!"