madi’s place

We often confuse belief with religion or connect it to some sort of religious act, but that is not belief at all. I see belief as the ability to achieve great things in your life by having faith and trust in God and the abilities you were born with. None of us are born with limitations. We grow into them. For some reason our minds trick us in to believing that we are not capable of doing certain things. It is simply a trick the mind plays. 

Have you ever noticed that when we grow up we often maintain the same type of lifestyle our parents had. A lot of the time when you look at people and you look at the way they live you will see that their parents had the same lifestyle.  I know a lady whose parents got divorced when she was young. She is now also divorced and she lives exactly the same type of life her mother had after she got divorced. It is almost like this big cycle is repeating itself over and over again.

Our lives reflect the things we believe.  We often go to university because our parents believed that in order for us to be able to get a good job we must study hard and go to university. Entrepreneurship and creativity was never really supported. We all follow this road and find ourselves frustrated in the work we do, just because we believe that one cannot get a good job if you are not educated. I take myself as an example. I hated studying, I loved nature and the outdoors and I am extremely creative, but instead of supporting my creativity and my love for drama and acting I was always told that one cannot make a decent living from that.  There are only a few lucky ones and I am definitely not on that short list. So what did I do, I went and studied law. I was frustrated and nothing in my life seemed to have worked out, I got rebellious, annoyed and frustrated, because I was not aligned with my purpose in life. I had great talents for the entertainment industry but I never took the opportunity to use it, because of certain beliefs I shared with my parents.  I was living my life in the wrong direction.

It was only when I met my husband that with his help and the grace of God that I found the courage to explore and change my beliefs. Today I am living the life I always dreamed of. I am not making a lot of money, but I am living my dream. This all happened because I realised that for me to find my purpose I must follow my dreams, even if that meant that I had to change my beliefs.

We all believe that we are here on earth to serve a certain purpose, however a lot of us wonder what that purpose is.  This however is not a question that goes unanswered; the answer lies in the creation. God created us in his own image, for fellowship with Him.

That is why we are here on earth, and that is our purpose.  God created us so that he could spend time with us, and visa verse. Throughout the Bible there is proof that God is involved in the lives of man. He interacted with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and he sent Jesus to earth to prove His love for us. Man is created with a body, a soul, a spirit, a mind and a free will to make decisions for or against God. God does not force us to believe in him or his existence it is a free choice that He gave us.

I know that it is very hard to believe especially because we cannot see God or that is what we think. I admit I grew up in a Christian home but this did not mean that I knew God. I know of God but I don’t necessarily know God personally. It was only when I made the deliberate decision to learn more about God that my eyes opened and I started seeing God in everything around me.

Having faith is seeing God in everything even in the disappointments that cross our roads to prepare us for bigger and better things.

Faith in God is spreading your wings and trusting that the wind will be there to carry you.

Faith In God has no limitations.