Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Day 2.





"...The trip was uneventful and a number of hours later we were rounding Point Loma and into the calm waters of the San Diego Bay. If nothing else, the boat was brimming with Whimsy. Whimsy was the gleam in our eyes; whimsy swelled the sails; whimsy swelled our hearts. That's the way whimsy works. It's a renewable, infinite resource that multiplies. 
I've come to understand more about faith as I've understood more about whimsy. What whimsy means to me is a combination of the "do": part of faith along with doing something worth doing. It's whimsy that spreads hope like grass seed in the wind. Whimsy reminds me of the Bible, too, when it talks about stuff being like an aroma. It is not an overpowering one, just something that has the scent of God's love, an unmistakable scent that lingers."

Chapter 27 "The Story" in Bob Goff's book Love Does

I've read Bob Goff's book Love Does recently, actually I have like 2 chapters left... if I'm being honest here! And by reading His book, I've gained insight into 2 things about "faith," ironically enough. I mean, the book is about "love" after all. 

One "light bulb" (so to speak) is that faith also does. It does. And a lot of that is in the unseeing nature of God's plan and that's where the second "light bulb" lies, in the unseen. To some He says, "Get to know me and then just be." Which "being", in itself, can be an action." You may say, actually it's a lack of action but for some of us (I'm guilty of this for sure), it's actually the harder choice to make. To be or not move. That's difficult. It's more difficult, again personally, than jumping... or sailing off on missions of my own desire. My heart says I want to serve the Lord and when He says stay I say, "But... I could... okay."

(What faith looked like 1 year ago: Traveling to ministry location in Kenya, Africa... aka "go")


(What faith looked like for me today: A day of errands and Statefarm agents with my sweet mama... aka "be")


It's a choice or action to be. That's just me though. You may be the complete opposite and the moving of your feet when Papa says go, is the hard choice that He often calls you to. 

We're all so uniquely designed. Even our doubts. That's how intricately He displays His love when weaving within the womb. 

So faith takes action, it takes a choice to follow in a direction that is only lit one step at a time.

"We walk by faith and not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 5:7 (Smell the sweet aroma of His word? True to this day)

As of this day, Day 2 of my October FAITH journey... Faith seems to be KNOWING God... ACTING on His call (stay...go?)... and TRUSTING despite the lack of visual given to us for the future. 

Faith is in the whimsy (ie. "An odd or fanciful notion") and the wandering of hope within the will of the person. I love how creative our great God is. AND as much as it grates my natural man, I LOVE that He keeps us guessing when it comes to the future. Oh I know, He directs our steps and we can know where He's taking us largely based on our identity and physical makeup but come on... we all wonder what's next? 

Grateful am I that I can KNOW He is constant. Grateful am I that He blesses my ACTION within His will. Grateful am I that He earned my TRUST long ago by His sacrifice of love for me. 











beLOVED.,
Lauren!<><+


"Faith is ???"  Fill in the blank as a comment below!! I'd love to hear your thoughts and include some of them as a part of the series!! Ready to read day 1? Click HERE to read from my 31 days page :) OR go to The Nester's blog to read the other fine "31 Days" posts!!



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  1. Hey, Lauren :) Thanks for posting about this. I've actually been struggling pretty recently with my faith and my relationship with God. Is it real and intimate, or is it hypothetical and irrelevant? "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 I have not personally seen God up close and personal; I have not audibly heard His voice, so if I have a personal relationship with Him, it will definitely HAVE to involve faith. Faith that the words I speak to Him out loud aren't just my thoughts spoken to myself; faith that He really loves me despite my sinful habits and mess-ups; faith that He has a plan for my life. Faith lived day-to-day despite my temporary blindness brought on by living in this world.

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    1. Thanks for opening up like this in response to this post! Christina, you are by no doubt one of the people I love most for her honesty in relationship with God. A lot of people attempt to put on heirs when speaking with their Creator, forgetting that He formed their inmost parts and therefore knows everything about them... including their finite thinking and sometimes irreverent ways. God LOVED. the world so much that... we know this but sometimes we forget. This is an attempt at remembering in a brand new way. Thanks for traveling through this month of faith with me... even from afar!

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