I'm a living vapor...

What is faith? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a few things that stuck out to me on faith were: "firm belief in something for which there is no proof," "something that is believed especially with strong conviction," and "complete trust." As I was reading through the definition, I wasn't thoroughly convinced...so I asked a few random friends on Facebook. These friends, btw, are not necessarily Christian but here is what they shared: Mike: " Putting your future or the future of someone into the theoretical hands of an imaginary being, due to the fact you cannot cope with the results that will occur." Cassie: " Faith is believing in something that you cannot see, but know it's there." Yuki: "Trust." Cliff:  "I'd define the word faith as believing in someone (or something) to the extent that they can achieve whatever they want. Believing in their abilities to take them far in life." ...

“'Consider the lilies of the field . . .' ( Matthew 6:28 ). They grow where they are planted. Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us. Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere. Jesus said if we would obey the life of God within us, He would look after all other things." -Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest I got this passage from a portion of today's devotional. Basically, the whole thing was about how God has everything under control. It was such a great reminder for me because being finite and limited as a human being causes me to doubt the impossible. When I think about it, every day I am challenged to trust God completely. Even today, before I start my shift at the place I'm volunteering, I'm freaking out inside because you literally don't know what calls you'll be expecting. Sometimes I'll get active callers and since I'm sorta new to this thing (even though it's been 5 months since I started), I'm not familiar with th...