Trust, Faith and God

In the last couple of days putting trust in God is a theme that I keep coming across. I heard it a million times "put your trust in God." It's in Isiah. It's in Proverbs. It's everywhere. Simply put, God has a plan for your life and you have to trust him copmpletely that it will all work out in the end. A concept that is easy to grasp that I struggle to apply to my own life. When I am stuck in traffic and not sure if I am going to make it to class, how can that be apart of God's plan for me? Or when my Grandma died a sudden death? Or tragic plane crashes, car wrecks or school shootings? Really, how could that ever be a GOOD part of a plan.  But I know in my hear some greater good had to come out of it.

A relationship with God is much like a relationship that you have with a friend or boyfriend or just anyone you love. When you tell you best friend a secret it is not only because you trust her but you have faith that she will not tweet it ten mins later for the entire world to see. It's the same idea with God. We trust God because we have faith in him. 

The Catholic Church's catechism defines faith as "to submit freely to the word that has been heard, because its truth is guaranteed by God, who is Truth itself." Like When the angel Gabriel came to Mary. She didn't question her pregnancy. She didn't say that's cool God but I'm a little busy right now to become a mother, maybe some other time. She didn't ever say well Gosh I'm a virgin, I physically can't be pregnant, this can't be real. She accepted what God told her completely and acted accordingly. 

God speaks to us all the time, yet we choose to ignore him. When you freely accept what God has set, save yourself a lot of heartache.  If I accepted that the guy with blonde eyes and blonde hair at work is never going to happen because God has a better planned, I wouldn't spend so much time thinking about him and feeling bad about it.  When we feel bad about something is when we start sinning. Drinking, cutting ourselves down, comparing ourselves. The list goes on. But it doesn't feel so much like defeat if you just say to yourself hey well maybe things aren't ideal but I know God is leading my life and has brought so much good into my life. 

One day in one of my science classes that I had with my friend, Janelle, we went to pick groups. Janelle wasn't my bff or even a close friend. She was more of a casual aquiantance but I REALLY wanted in her lab group. When we went to pick groups, a random girl that I'd never met picked me out and added me to her group. I ended up running into her at daily mass and then we started hanging out together out of class. We have a ton in common, she makes me laugh, and occasionally we even find ourselves passing notes in class. I am extremely blessed to be forming this new friendship founded in our similar values and God. It has taken me a really long time to find her. Our friendship would have never happened had things not gone the way I had hoped for. If they'd gone my way I would have gotten the group I wanted and I might not even know my new friends name. I am so thankful the way things turned out. 

The best things in life are the works of God. More often then not, my plan is very different than God's at least in my life anyways.  The less I try to plan myself the easier it will be to accept the chips where they fall.  God has such a wonderful plan for all of our  lives. Walkign with God doesn't mean endless sunshine and rainbows or perfection. I's bout knowing that the trials and tribulations aren't menaingless. Rather than a puzzle piece on your journey to Christ. There are so many different reasons for the way things happen and why things happen. Even if you don't know why God does what he does, have faith in his loving merciful heart. When you feel the love God has for all of us struggles sins and all there's no doubt there's good to come. No matter how bumpy your road is currently.