“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for, and evidence of things not seen.”
This year, have faith.
Maybe it’s a cliché to say that we must have faith as we journey in this life, but this phrase is actually a difficult thing to do. To have faith is not simply believing but in a deeper sense, hoping for something and someone we cannot see.
It means trusting that things will turn out just fine. That when we hold on to that little faith within us, we have something to cling to when life gets difficult. Having faith can only also mean our ability to surrender our life, and our being for something greater than ourselves.
Growing up, I always had this appreciation for the Saints before us. I was young when I learned about the lives of Saints and how they experienced God in the ordinary. I saw how beautiful and mysterious their faith was. I was too young back then to understand how their faith transformed them and allowed them to do extraordinary things.
Now that I am a mother, and with everything that I went through in my journey, I have come to see a glimpse of their secret. The Saints were ordinary people like you and me, but their faith set them apart.
I realized that their deep faith in God did not happen in an instant. They went through a series of learning and unlearning. They walked through life’s storms and great difficulties. They experienced test after test, trial after trial. They lived a life of surrender, of having no control. A life fully trusting that God will fulfill His promises even when it seems blurry.
I am no saint. But I am confident that every day I am given the chance to be like them. That as I journey, I have the choice to nurture my faith as they did.
I am an ordinary person loved by an extraordinary God. I may not comprehend what this journey will entail, but I will set forth for I am certain that my faith will lead me the way.
This year may your faith continue to grow. May you nurture it. Take good care of it. And you will surely see God’s constant presence in your journey. 
Enjoy your walk of faith!
Journeying beyond,
Deanne
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