faith

Before I crawled into bed last night I was reading my Bible as I often do, but for some reason I was super tuned into what I was reading. Yes, I have to admit, I do read the Bible some days just to know I read it. But, last night was different. Maybe it was because I was reading the story of Esau and Jacob that I love or maybe it was the fact that God wanted to show me something. Currently, I am trying to read through the Bible in a year. Last nights, well, todays...its the 13th (and Stefans BIRTHDAY!) ok, not getting side tracked...had en emphasis on faith. Sometime it hits me that these stories that we have heard ever since we were little really are true. That these men and women lived, and lived life to the fullest because of their incredible faith in God. In the Matthew passage, it talked about the woman who had been sick for many years and thought that if she just touched Jesus' cloak she would be healed. That blows me away right there. As I was journaling this, I asked God why it seems as though people don't have that kind of real faith anymore. Are we so self relient that we are choking ourselves of a live that is too good to believe? We say that we trust God. But do we really? I mean, Jacob trusted God, and he was blessed beyond compare. I was reminded of the verse in Matthew when Jesus says, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Now, mustard seeds are pretty small. I'm pretty sure that if I found a mountian (they are pretty scarce in Indiana) but, if I did, and I told it to move, it wouldn't. I don't even think if I told a flower to move it would. I guess what this all comes down to is, is the story of my life, worthy of being told? Will people say, she was a woman of faith? And I don't want that for glory for myself, but only for that of God. He is so worthy of our praise. Shouldn't my life reflect that? Faith as small as a mustard seed. I want that. Plain and simple.