I believe that people are made in the image of God and should be treated with respect.
I believe that pain is pain and all pain hurts.
I believe that in sitting with people in their time of pain we can share the pain and lighten the load.
I believe that Jesus comforts those who mourn.
I believe that healing happens slowly and sometimes when we aren’t looking.
I believe that God’s love heals.
I believe that forgiveness is hard, but Jesus teaches us how.
I believe that our actions make a difference, not just in our lives, but in the lives of others.
I believe that people need to feel understood, before quality communication can happen.
I believe that when we feel understood and cared about, then we can begin to grow and change.
I believe growth is hard and slow. I also believe that growth is worth it.
I believe that we need each other and we need support.
I believe that God created us as one being, and in such we cannot separate our spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well beings from one another.
I believe that my job is to be obedient, and it’s God’s job to take care of the outcome.
I believe that Jesus is The Healer, and sometimes He uses us.
I believe that words are powerful and they have deep meaning.
I believe that we are created to be relational beings, and we need deep, true communion with God and others.
I believe God is just and and all sin will be atoned for.
I believe God is merciful and patient.
I believe in so many truths that would take forever to list, so I will summarize with this, as Ann Voskamp so beautifully writes:
I believe in Jehovah God who created the whirling galaxies, the birds soaring in the sky overhead, the endless crashing waves and all that dances within them. I believe in Father of all who knits together life, made in His very own image, in the secret quiet of our beings.
I believe in Jesus Christ, the One with no earthly Father, with the dust of this earth between His toes, and with our names etched onto the palm of His hands, right beneath the nail scars…Who now sits at the Father’s right hand making endless intercession on our behalf. I believe in the stone rolled away, in the Body being raised, in the first fruits of the dead…and us all following soon, very soon.
I believe in the Cross as our only Hope, our only Claim, our only Savior, and our only Foundation. I believe that in the pounding surf of life we have only one thing to cling to: the feet of our perfect Lord Jesus, hanging on that tree, His lifeblood flowing down, washing us whiter than snow. It’s all by His staggering grace, lest any man should boast.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, moving, whispering, indwelling our very being. I believe in living by the Spirit, walking in the Spirit, and producing fruit in the Spirit…in the Spirit who helps us in our weakness with groanings that can’t be expressed in words.
I believe in the infallibility of the Bible, God’s Word – a sure Word, a pure Word, the only secure Word. I believe the words on those pages are breathed from the very throne room of heaven, are the love letter penned from the heart of God; a beacon of light for stumbling feet to find sure footing on a dark path.
I believe there is more than believing. There is living what I believe.
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