faith to me means that i try to carry within me a code of ethics or belief in somethin greater than i that can and will help me when i havent the strength or power to help myself. it is a standard of merit that i hold deep within and a sense of loyalty and fidelity that isnt based on somethin i can see, taste, or physically feel; it is NOT material in any way. faith is a sense of confidence and trust. if i think about what faith means to me today, i can easily understand how in the past i had always had faith, i just placed it in shit that wasnt, or couldnt, help me in a long-term sense. it was always used as somethin that could bring immediate comfort and was never lastin. today i dont have that same sense of faith. as described above i have faith that extends beyond any material bein, it is a faith in my HP. He is somethin i can only feel within through emotion. it does NOT mean that He wont avail Himself in the material or through others, cause often times He does just that. and the ominous warnin, “or we perish”, is a promise i understand fully as i am quite aware of what i left to get what i have today. today i get to live the gifted way of honesty, unselfishness, and faith, in and through me. i understand the difference between my wants and my needs, realistically and self-absorbed. i get to live my individuality bein who i am and sayin how i feel, because ive learned through recovery how to accept healthy criticism understandin it is intellectually fertile. it helps me to grow my faith when i am able to learn, be vulnerable, and make mistakes, usin faith to help guide me and provide me the answers i need. faith helps me to practice tolerance, acceptance, and love of others as they are, and myself as i am. i get to strive for that balance between expectin too much and expectin too little from others and myself. when im sinkin into self, faith helps to discover my motives. when i feel fear, self-delusion, self-seekin, and self-pity, i quickly turn to my HP and know that He will help me overcome me. i aint gotta live in the troubles i alone am capable of makin. 1 day @ a time...
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