Have a Little Faith: Placing the Future in God's Hands

The past is gone; the future is not yet.  Now am I freed from both. For what God gives can only be for good.
-ACIM-W-214:2-4

Looking into the future, what do you see?  I would assume that is more of the past, right?  If you have been struggling recently with financial debt, illness, loneliness or whatever we humans call 'problems,' you may see the same in the days ahead.  Even if you affirm, visualize  and intend all the things you want...memory will sometimes paint the future with the experience you are familiar with.  And if you see a  continuation of some form of despair in your own little idea of 'my life' what will you see for the world at large? Hmm!

Ego Plays with Hope

We read and hear about the power of intention...of changing our lives with a change in our thoughts. We hope for that change. It is easy to hope for things to be different but having faith that they will be is an entirely different matter. Hope is a conscious  thing but faith operates much deeper, into the subconscious. Ego plays with hope but shrinks with faith. So we need to replace hope with faith.

What's the Solution for putting more faith in the world's future?

Let go!  That's it...just let go! Let go of ego and its manipulations that bring doubt.  Let God take over for a while.  Place the future where it can only prosper...in God's Hands. 

It is ego that deprives your future of good...God, on the other hand,  can only give good.  Know what you want for the little 'i' and more importantly for the bigger 'I' ...for the world...and then let go of it.

Inspired Action

Let go!  That doesn't mean you put your feet up and turn a blind eye to the areas that need change.  It simply means that you allow faith to guide you and inspire you.  Allow it to inspire your action and your next step.  Inspired action requires little effort and no struggle.  Inspired action brings joy in each moment.  Inspired action takes the focus from the outcome and makes each step a grace filled one.  Inspired action can change our own lives for the better and it can change the world for the better.

Let go! Having faith doesn't mean things will always turn out the way we think they should. They will turn out the way God knows they should. We may not see the blessing in the circumstance we encounter...with our tiny little perspectives but God does. God sees the whole picture. Trusting that Life is doing exactly what is best for all is the key to peace.

It all starts with a little bit of faith.

All is well in my world!