Blind Faith

As you probably know about me already, I'm a huge advocate of faith. Life is always testing our faith. Always testing our ability to believe in something that we can't find any evidence of with our five senses.

What's the difference between being hopeful or optimistic and blind faith? I'm not sure, but to me it's the severity of the situation at hand. You can be optimistic that you'll find a good parking spot at the mall and that they will still have your favorite lipstick in stock when you get inside. You can be hopeful that your child will be picked for the sports team or chorus that he wants to be a part of, etc.. Blind faith isn't really a requirement in those types of situations because you don't have alot to lose if it doesn't pan out.

When a situation arises in life that is heartbreakingly difficult, a situation that you know will be life altering if it doesn't go the way you pray it will, a situation that really knocks you for a loop because it seems to have come out of nowhere, that's when you need to call on blind faith. When the situation at hand is one you have no control over and leaves you sleepless by night and fighting back the tears by day because you just can't fathom the change that could be coming down the pike, that's when you need to have blind faith.

You can't see it, you can't hear it, you can't smell it, you can't taste it and you can't feel it, at least not with your fingertips, but you believe in it anyway. The only evidence you have points in the opposite direction of what your heart is hoping for, you believe anyway.

How do you do that? How do you have blind faith? Simple - you don't have a choice, because to allow yourself to believe anything but the best possible outcome is too devastating a choice and too detramental to your well being. Blind faith is easier than the alternative.

Believe...

xo,
Carrie