Mizu no ue ni aruku shinko
Wow, I haven’t written on here for awhile. I guess have some updating to do! Let’s see, first big news, I got in a car wreck a week ago. Heading North on 9th East, I turned West on to University Parkway behind a Jeep that had turned West from going Southbound, he turned into the left lane on University in front of me, and I turned in behind him. He was going about 10 mph, so I moved to the right lane to pass him and when I was about in his blindspot WHAM he turned right into my front end, ripped off my mirror and smashed up my fender and door, so much so that I couldn’t open my door anymore. We then get out and he instantly says it’s my fault and that I pulled out from a parking lot in to his car. He had no idea that I was even on the road. The kid paid ZERO attention.
Anyways, I’ve been driving a Dodge Charger for a week now, and have to suffer in it until the 10th of this month. I hate it, it’s a pile of crap. A prime example of why American Cars are doing nothing but losing market share to Japanese cars. It’s poorly poorly engineered. I can’t stand it!
Let’s see, what else? The stream in my parents yard should be finished tomorrow, which is real exciting. It’s very cool. Very very cool. And, on Thursday sod finally shows up so we’ll have a front yard up there too. Finally! After almost 3? years of living there, grass shows up. It’s very very welcome!
I’ve had a good summer so far, learned a lot, and done some good improving of myself. I’ve focused a lot on my own faith, and letting it be tried. The world has given in so much to ‘instant gratification’ anymore that actually putting effort in to anything to get a result is almost unheard of. This is so contrary to growth, specifically in the area of faith. There are so many blessings out there to be had, but we’re so tied up in instantly recieving that we don’t let ourselves be tested and tried in that which we want, so we never recieve. Well, there are some things that I want, and that I feel that I have been promised I’ll be given, but there has definately been a price to pay. I have definately had my faith tried. And I feel that I am doing pretty good. I’m already seeing the blessings of my efforts, and I’m encouraged all the more to keep it up, and to ask to have my faith tried even more. Some days it’s very hard, but the reassurances in my heart tell me that I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing. And for this I am glad, and for this I keep on going.
The title of this post is ‘Faith to Walk on Water’. Do I have it? I’d like to… and the only way to do that is to let my faith get tried and proven in the dark. Faith to walk on water does not mean going up to the edge of the water and dipping your toe in to see if it submerges or gets wet… Faith to walk on water is not even thinking that you’ll sink, but walking confidently right into water, nothing doubting… and suddenly finding yourself not submerged. You may get in to your knees before this happens, but you have to prove that you believe, even know, that you can walk on the water, and that you trust in the faith that you have that it will happen.
Anything is possible when you ask and have the faith to be tried. It’s not instant, but it’s certainly gratifying. Moreso than I think we can even comprehend.
Well… I think I’ll get down from my lil pulpit on that! But hey… what else is a blog for eh? Telling you what’s been going on is one thing… but I think blogs are better when there is a point to be made. My point tonight? Faith is an amazing power, so let yours get tested. Night!