This week we have a special guest speaker: Teri Lucas
Teri is a long-time member of our community, our board treasurer, a prayer chaplain and a wonderful leader. Teri shares her message and the spiritual tools she has used in overcoming amazing issues in her life. Her message is life changing and inspirational. Here is her article for this week’s newsletter. Come to hear her message that she will be sharing at our Sunday service.
Point Your Feet Downstream and Float
How many times have we truly relied on faith in our lives? First, what is faith? In The Revealing Word, Charles Fillmore defines faith as “Spiritual assurance; the power to do the seemingly impossible.” In Hebrews 11:1, we read “Now, faith is the assurance of things hoped for.” Basically, our faith allows us to release fear, worry, and concern, and turn our thoughts toward a positive outcome even in the most challenging circumstances.
It’s rather like being caught in a speeding current as we rush toward the white-water rapids coming toward us. It’s that split second choice to decide if we’re going to panic and fight, or if we’re going to point our feet downstream and float knowing that God is there to guide and protect us.
In our lives we’ve experienced many such challenges whether they’ve been relationship, financial, health or even death. Life’s challenges are opportunities to connect with the Divine inside each of us. When my son, Kevin, was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy, I faced the most difficult challenge to my faith at that time. My choice was to point my feet downstream and float into the peace and love of God where I found Divine Guidance and Divine Strength. I also found the miracle of a perfect heart for Kevin when he had a heart transplant. Going through this experience was truly a white water ride. But it was also a perfect example of God’s outpouring of love and guidance.
Of course, that wasn’t my only challenge in life. The river of life had many more challenges to face and some of the rapids were far stronger than any I’d experienced so far. But I had realized that with faith, with the “assurance of things hoped for” and the power to do the “seemingly impossible,” I could let go and point my feet downstream, because God is always with me.
With much love,
Teri