What do you really believe?

That is the true question of the soul.

Its not what you say...

Its not what you do when the sun is shining down upon your happy soul.

Rather it is how you stand when your soul screams out because you don't have another drop of patience.

When time has tried your heart and you still don't see what you're looking for...What do you do then?

That is the true test of what you believe.

Do you quit?... Or do you stand fast still not seeing what you're looking for but holding strong.

Do you stand strong through a tear stained face... knees buckling... heart pounding fast... through your chest... fighting the voices of failure that say give up!

Time... Time... Time!

Time to think about doing something else.

What do you really believe in that moment?

What do you do?

Do you stand strong putting one feeble foot in front of the other eyes fixed on accomplishing the so called impossible?

Or do you say that's it! I've had enought!

You find out what you are truly made of when TIME comes to try your patience.

Its not what you say rather its what you do!

Every closed door builds inner strength and patience for those who are willing to wait for the one door that will open!

I'll ask again... What do you really believe?

Drinking The Medicine Of FEAR..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Life offers many challenges and they can be paralyzing just to think about. Yet, they are presented to move us forward. Like taking strong medicine that is hard to swallow but we know is best for us to recover from the sickness of FEAR. When we look at things from our own strength we can become disempowered by the enormity of what is presented for us to do based on our own ability. So, many of us put things off and put them off until FEAR begins to weaken us and render us ineffective and finally sick, eating us up from the inside out.

One day I was walking around the LA River and I began to observe a pigeon walking in front of me. It was very interesting watching it. I became consumed by every detail of this creature as it walked along the way, pecking for food on the dry dirt. I watched his pink twig like legs carry him while his feet clutched the ground as he walked. Then suddenly, I noticed his feet surrender to nothingness. He tucked them neatly under his body as he spread his wings and lifted off the ground. With the wind beneath his wings he flew off into the air to the other side of the river with no hesitation... NO FEAR! I thought about it for a moment and said to myself, "Wow! Birds must trust the wind to fly and have courage to let go. Walking required power in his feet to get around on the ground but to fly required that he had to have courage to let go of the ground.

As human beings we can become overwhelmed, weak and depressed by what we see or don't see when rising to a challenge. Unlike the pigeon letting go of his feet to fly without seeing how his wings would stand up to the wind, he has no FEAR. He lets go of one realm (without seeing) to move into a greater realm…flight!

We measure our projected outcome of a situation by how we see ourselves, what we have or don't have, who we are or who we aren't. We create facades based on external power which fails us every time because underneath glitz, glamour and lies we're telling our selves to get through the challenge at hand, FEAR still knocks at the door of our heart. Because of this many will come up empty…afraid…confused, moon walking through one challenge after another never growing…Never leaving the ground. WHY?

We say we're intelligent, smart, loaded with money, beautiful, sexy and even famous. So, what happened? Why are things still this way? Why can't we move forward? Why are we stuck? Will life ever change? Is this all there?  Then…we shut down and freeze up.

The only way to thaw out from the big freeze of FEAR is to take the strong medicine FEAR provides FLY!!!

Written By: DORIE PRIDE

TRUST…A COMMITMENT

Written by: Dorie Pride..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Walking through the valley of trust requires standing in dark places with nothing tangible to the senses. Walking through the valley of trust is painful to the flesh because the flesh requires evidence of what you are seeking. Faith without works is dead… It is easy to say how strong you are and how much faith you have when you can see. It like swimming in the ocean with a life jacket on and raft nearby. When the storm stirs the ocean and the waves are high it is a little frightening to the flesh. BUT, you know everything will be all right because you have on the life jacket and you can see the life raft in your reach. There is NO trust required in standing through this kind of storm.

When you are walking through passages of thick black nothingness and you don't know what the next step holds for your life yet, you keep on walking taking one step at a time expecting to come out of it, without any evidence of how or when, that is TRUST. Trust is a state of earnest expectancy and conviction to what you are believing for regardless of what the senses show to the flesh.

Sometimes you don't see ANYTHING at all or everything appears contrary to what you want. BUT, you continue on…taking one step at a time…your faith planted like a Sequoia tree in the midst of uncertainty. The winds may blow and howl through the darkness of the soul, Lions may stalk you and fire may break out. Yet, TRUST says this may be so BUT somehow I WILL come through this stronger and I will be all right. I am staying my course NO MATTER WHAT!

Emptiness tears at my soul like a lion stalking a helpless man. I lay before the Light open in desperate need of replenishment. How I am becoming so aware of the dark corner in my mind. I choose to bring in Light to heal those areas within my being that need validation from others. I choose to connect with that which matters GOD! I feel the rush of tears behind the window of my soul. Yet, I shall not release that which only the ego wants to feel. I fight the emptiness, which speaks from a place of quiet separation from friends and loved ones as I stand sovereign before GOD in the LIGHT of peace within the fleshly turmoil of my soul. How will I get through this week? My soul cries out to SPIRIT.

 The same way as you have come thus far. By trusting LIGHT to prevail is the answer to the question of the flesh. It is not for you beloved to continue to climb and peel back layers which have been blinding to the flesh for too long. How is it that you go back to this place to weep for the flesh? It needs not to hold water for the spirit. As the spirit presents itself before the flesh, the flesh must surrender to the LIGHT. It is very uncomfortable to the flesh to let go of the only tangible evidence of an answer. This is yet the place where LIGHT is presented to the soul. Because you are with the LIGHT your needs are already met though you see not the way. You must let go of the intellect and mind direction to lead you to needs being met. It is only for you to trust that all is already laid before you to receive when you need it. An exercise of faith comes forth from this pool of intangible reality.

Those who have eyes will see those who have ears will hear the message in the wind.

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