I Believe in the Power of You and I

I do not have a religion, but I am religious. 
I am not a part of any ‘ism’s’ or ‘anitys.’ 
I do not attend a youth group, or the same church every Sunday. 
I do not wear a cross on my neck, nor do I have any type of symbol that abides by a tradition, on my body.

I do however, submit myself to what I love to do and to who I love and this has taken a great deal of faith all together. 

One thing I’m certain of is the power that holds us, joins us all together, that we can feel but can’t see. I don’t have to believe in a particular religion to know that I exist, God exists, and love exists. I am aware that until I was able to see God in my heart, the absence of God in my heart was not a life that made sense to me. I have seen many miracles, and I have been blessed with many miracles. Life is not a coincidence. It is not a cluster of uncertainty thrown together in a blender and shaken up. It is a quest for meaning, a journey along a path that is so much clearer when you hold a hand that loves you. 

This may make people uncomfortable, the fact that I have beliefs that I choose not to categorize. I however, am uncomfortable with the fact that some feel the crucial need to categorize their beliefs. I have friends of every color, race, and religion. I have been to churches and worship led conferences in my community and even outside of my country. I have seen people be blessed by faith and show their faith to the Lord, and I have seen people that would rather hate the world than show faith to anything. The paths and journeys they take, are not mine. We shouldn't be told where to go on these paths because then, it wouldn't be our own walk to learn about who we are as an individual. Yes we can be led, and yes of course we are guided and influenced by those surrounding us. But we are horses that must drink the water we are led to, by ourselves. We must experience for ourselves what we discover on our journeys. 

If you think about it in depth, the greatest gift we can give to ourselves is self-accomplishment. Simply because nobody can do what you poured your heart into with hard work and determination. This is your personal accreditation. And doesn't that feel amazing? Busting your ass and using your God given talent to really excel in something. Something that others thought you would fail at. And failure happens. Many, many times before succeeding does. But to succeed fully is to accomplish the task that drives you so hard, that your talent mixed with focus and faith and ambition, cannot be touched. This is your accreditation to keep. This is your own personal accomplishment. And nobody can take that away from you. At the end of the day giving the glory to God who blessed you with all the tools you had to work with and the faith to believe you could assemble them together, is enough. You did it, you’ll do it, and you’ll keep doing it. And now doesn't that just feel amazing?

Love and Luck.  xo