Trust, Faith and Comfort
The microphone stopped working during a talk I gave recently at Unity Temple of Denver, due to my moving it around a bit. It’s a very sensitive mic! Our video/audio technician reminded me to keep the mic still, and that I can move around the mic. Thank goodness it started working again!
We laughed, and I said I’d love to come up with something about this mic that’s related to my topic of being comforted and having trust and faith. Suddenly, I got chills all over my body and shared with the audience: Ah! This mic is analogous to God: it is ever eternal and always steady. We as spiritual beings having a human experience, just need to remember to live, dance and move around and with this steady, unfailing presence we call God, Spirit, Universe, the All That Is, or whatever word you use for the power that’s greater than us.
This microphone analogy to God is a wonderful reminder of how we can always find comfort when we go to God during times of challenge, and even in times life is flowing well. In fact, life flows easier and we have more confidence in life when we depend on God. It doesn’t mean we’ll never have challenges, but it means that we can easier cope with those challenges and find comfort.
Here are two ways to cultivate deeper faith and trust in God, leading to increased comfort in your life:
- Be willing to have an open heart and mind to believe that yes, God can always be counted on for support, love and strength. God is eternally with us because God created all life, including you! This means God is always with you and loves you in all ways unconditionally.
- Keep a trust journal: the Universe / God is always providing you with messages, clues and sychronicities. Have you ever received a message just when you needed it most? Likely yes! Also, all of us experience synchronicities. God orchestrates the circumstances that provide those synchronicities. When I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life last fall, I received a profound reminder: during a break at an event I attended, I went to the restroom. While washing my hands at the sink, I suddenly had the urge to look up to the top of the bathroom mirror, and guess what I saw!? A post-it-note that said “trust”. I was immensely grateful for this reminder to trust all is going to turn out ok. So, keep a journal of messages, synchronicities and reminders. Go back and read the journal’s entries to remind yourself that there is every reason to believe that God is always here supporting you.
When you are finding yourself in a challenging time, find comfort in God, allowing yourself to trust and have faith. Life flows more easily and you have less stress when you do. Also remember how you show up radiates out to others, and you having comfort puts out a great vibe to others.
Many blessings to each of you!
Kate Heartsong