3 reasons we stop believing

The 3 reasons we stop believing

There are many times in life when things are coming at us. We get so caught up with the day to day that sometimes we feel like it's too much and we want to give up.

Our spirit gets broken and our faith gets tested and sometimes we stop believing.

I know for me, there have been so many messages that I receive from going to church. It's amazing that what you really need to hear, when you get there, is your message that he is preaching right at you.

I remember the sermon about when things get tough, do you stop believing? How deep is your faith?

I know that recently I've been hit with a lot of stuff, yet I still have faith. I still believe that everything will work out for my good, even if at this moment it doesn't seem like it. I want to explain why we all at one point or another stop believing and here are the 3 reasons we stop believing:

1-We stop trusting and get discouraged because of the mistakes we made.

We all have made mistakes, but we all have the ability to change and to start over. Don't think you can't do it because you couldn't do it in the past. Thomas Edison failed 990 times before he got the light bulb right. Yet he kept believing he could do it despite his many failures.

2-We allow our circumstances to control our lives, I might be in a mess but I am not a mess.

We think because we are in this place, this is where we are going to stay. That the circumstances are bigger than us and it will never change, so we give up, we stop believing.

3- We don't use faith in ourselves.

We forgot about our faith, we get so caught up in feeling sorry for ourselves we forget to hold on to our faith. It's like our problems are too big for our faith and so we think we got this.

I can tell you from experience that yes, life is tough. I started a new business as I was getting divorced. It was tough getting a new business started, hell starting a new career at this stage of the game is hard enough, but getting a business going in this day and age is really rough.

Yes, I walked out on faith to do this but am I human? Were I scared some days? Beyond scared. Have I woke up in sweats thinking about this business? I can't tell you how many nights I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep over this.

I was the sole provider for my girls and I will not lie, after 24 years that was scary. But during that time something happened, something in me just changed.

I said I can't change the outcome so I can do two things.

1 I can make myself sick with worry, lose sleep and have heart palpitations.

2. I can straighten up, lift my head up and say I know you have a plan for me, you will take care of things. I will keep praising you, I will keep believing and I will pray and let you worry.

So I chose number 2, I prayed, I gave thanks for where he has brought me from and I kept my faith that at this point of my life he is in control not me.

They say if you want to make God laugh tell him your plans and trust and believe it's true. These weren't my plans, I was so lost, I had nothing to dream about, all of "this" is his doing so I will not worry about what is going to come.

So today my friends remember that all of us get lost, get off track, we all stop believing but we must know that God is there. We must have faith and trust in the process even if that process is a hard one. For me, well I will just be grateful, give my praise and keep saying my favorite word...just "believe"

"Be the change you want to see"

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