#faith and surrender

[compassionmattersmost]

Carried Through the Storm: Trusting the Divine Footprints in the Mystic Journey

On the spiritual path, we often find ourselves in moments of struggle, isolation, and uncertainty, wondering where the Divine is in our darkest hours. The old story of Footprints in the Sand offers a timeless reminder: even when we feel most alone, we are never truly abandoned. The footprints that carry us through the storm are those of the Divine, supporting us in ways we may not recognize in…

[philosophybits]

Faith is not an aesthetic emotion but something far higher, precisely because it has resignation as its presupposition; it is not an immediate instinct of the heart, but is the paradox of life and existence.

Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

[inquisitor-apologist]

Thinking about how, at the end of the day, at the fatal moment, the sunset of the Republic, it wasn’t Yoda, or Obi-Wan, or even the Chosen One himself standing in the way of Palpatine. It was Mace Windu.

Mace Windu, the inventor of Vaapad and Master of Form VII, the Jedi's strongest duelist, the only person to ever defeat Palpatine in combat. Mace Windu, Master of the Jedi Council and the youngest Master ever appointed to it, the revered leader of the Order. Mace Windu, who forgave even those who tried to kill him, who risked his life over and over again for his troops, who, after 3 years of desperate war, tried to negotiate with battle droids. Mace Windu, who knew the clones were created by the Sith and chose to trust them, who saw every Shatterpoint in the Republic, and loved it still, and fought for it until his last breath, until he was betrayed by Anakin, who he believed in and trusted despite everything.

Mace Windu, High General and hero of the Republic, the embodiment of the Light, the last and greatest champion of the Order, the best Jedi to ever live.

[urloveangel]

I always receive what I want or better ✨

[spoiledbratblog]

[4dkellysworld]

When everything's gone wrong

When life gets overwhelming and everything feels like it's falling apart, what can one do? (This is for the anon whose ask disappeared from my inbox but also for anyone else who needs it)

First, give yourself time and space to just rest and be. Allow yourself the grace to just be without any expectations or obligations. This answer by Lain is so good and I encourage you to read it and apply whatever resonates.

Second, I cannot recommend this enough, read the posts under my releasing tag. Learn how to release and apply it to everything that you are unable to ignore or detach from. If you are holding onto a lot of mental and emotional pain, it will help relieve a lot of it. Once you drop them for good, the peace is always there and it only grows as you drop more. If there's anything not covered in the existing posts, feel free to send in an ask and I can answer it.

Third, learn how to genuinely surrender, it will give you a lot of peace too. Sometimes one might reach a point where everything gets too much to handle and trying to manage everything gets too exhausting so you just want to give up, I was once there too. You just get to a point where you realize there is nothing that can be done but to surrender.

Surrender = Complete acceptance of what is, as it is + giving up control + faith that everything will be okay

Even if you don't have the last component (faith), if you can apply the first two, a lot of the burden will be lifted and somehow things will resolve on their own. But you need to actually surrender, there's no point lying to yourself about it. These two posts may be helpful as a starting point: here and here. This guided surrender meditation helped me a lot when I first started on this path and helped me understand what it feels like to be in complete surrender.

Fourth, I recommend reviewing your life and being selective about what you keep and what you will drop. Whatever isn't working or is holding you back, perhaps it is time to drop them? Just like how releasing is weeding out all the limiting thoughts and emotions we've been holding onto and letting them go, you can do the same for your life and lifestyle, including relationships, lifestyle habits, attitude, expectations, goals etc.

If you want to let go of something but are afraid to do so, you need to go deeper within yourself and find out why that is the case. Why do you still want to hold onto something that is causing you pain? Why do you want to hold onto the pain when it is only draining you? Ask yourself these questions, find out the causative thoughts and beliefs and then drop them.

Free yourself from these self-imposed limitations.

[alextvalencic]

I haven't written any reactions to the last few updates about Jonathan or Renfield, but something struck me about the last line of Jonathan's entry for today:

"What shall I do? what can I do? How can I escape from this dreadful thing of night and gloom and fear?"

Despite all that he has seen and witnessed, despite knowing exactly what the Count is planning on doing to him and even when, Jonathan has not given up that he can escape his awful date and he continues to write for Mina, believing she will one day read his words.

Hope springs eternal!

[ae-cha08]

Sometimes God will let us be uncomfortable for a dark, difficult period so He can bless us later on. He’ll close a door, which we don’t like, but later on He’ll open a bigger door. God is not as concerned about our comfort as He is about our purpose.

There are times when He will shake things up to force us to change. His goal is not to make our life miserable; He’s pushing us into our purpose. ✨️

[aniah-who]

Spend the rest of your time in the will of God and no longer in the flesh to the lusts of men. Time is short and so is life. When you give your all to God, you will never find yourself in a place of regret. Your only regret will be is that you hadn’t surrendered and submitted to His will sooner. God is that good.

~ 1 Peter 4:2

[somehowwow]

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Martin Luther

[theinwardlight]

Lyrics to an old Shaker song, taking off from Matthew 5:6. 

[loveandthepsyche]

It’s just a season, and seasons change. Embrace the season you are in ♥️ for it comes with gifts & secrets to imbue within your psyche 💫

[feminiel]

Prayers create space for surrendering your concerns. When you surrender your heart to the divine, your angels, and your spiritual support team, you make space for them to help you. You create room for receiving help from your higher self and allow faith to take root. Knowing your prayers are being heard, you trust that they will be answered.

@feminiel

[laviechristcentered]

We are saved by grace…

Hello everyone, and Happy new year.

One of my first posts on this blog was about the grace of God. You could say that this post is a continuation of that one.

I’m writing this because I want to share with you what God has taught me lately.

For as long as I’ve been a Christian (approximately 19 years now), I’ve made this sin/mistake unconsciously : I tend to treat God sometimes as a human: I would often think that He loves me when I do good and hates me when I don’t. I would also think that only when I do good enough will I receive good from Him and only when I do bad, will I receive punishment.

We all know the Bible tells us otherwise : the Bible tells us that God remains the same all the time. He doesn’t change. Humans vary, and change their minds. God doesn’t.

So when I do good, God loves me and is proud of me. When I do wrong, He will correct me like a father does His child, but that doesn’t take away His love for me.

The book of Job shows us how even when God considers us righteous we can face trials and tribulations. What we need to do when that happens is to trust the Lord and confide in him.

What I mean is our relationship with God is not an exchange of Good deeds and rewards or bad deeds and punishments.

It’s actually about His grace and mercy for us. Lamentations 3.22 reminds us of God’s steadfast love for us.

Our only part in our relationship with him is to confide in Him completely and trust Him implicitly.

As I've already said in my previous post about the grace of God, there’s nothing we can do that would save us. Salvation is a gift from God, it is not to be earned.

If our salvation can’t be earned but is given, we have to stop trying to earn it by being legalistic; what I mean by being legalistic is the Idea that what we do could possibly influence God’s opinion about our salvation; it does not.

Therefore, we have to lean on His grace and mercy in all areas of our lives and that demands humility because we have to give Him back His place as our Creator. We have to admit our helplessness, smallness and lack of knowledge to God and depend on him fully.

Basically, we have to surrender to him. Surrendering will us the Peace that surpasses all understanding.

God bless you and have a great Day.

[serenityquest]

[dearjewels22]