The other day I wrote a piece on faith. As a Christian, its our duty to spread the word of God to others in a tolerant and respectful way and I support that completely. Unfortunately, that day my piece wasn't on my faith in God, it was on a faith in yourself, each other and fostering that inner faith in our children. I feel very strongly about that because I see a lot of kids who believe a bunch of things but don't believe in themselves and their potential. This bothers me sometimes and I find myself getting a bit too passionate at times when I think about the future of my kids. Then I read a tweet from Jose Carlos  JC's Notebook and it moved me. FAITH is God’s way of saying, "Leave everything to Me. You’ve done your part. Let Me do Mine" I've heard this before but like many of the messages that we've heard before, sometimes we just need to hear at the right moment to have an impact. This was the right moment.

We all have issues and we'll always have problem's to deal with. Sometimes we need to let someone else handle them. And yes, this statement hits me just as hard as it hits some of you. "I am resilient and strong and I don't need help!" are the first words that come into my head...and I must change them. I must be willing to do the difficult thing and let God help with those things that I cannot get a handle on. He's there, I know. I just have to go and knock on his door.

You'd never tell you kids to "take care of it yourself" if you knew they really needed help, would you? God wouldn't either. We know this and that trust that we have, that warm blanket of comfort we feel when we pray and reach out to Him is the real meaning of FAITH.

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