Trust is the brother of faith.

These are the beginning and the end of life: faith the beginning, love the end.--St. Ignatius of Antioch

 

We need to begin every day with faith. When we open our eyes each morning, we must decide to believe. Making only one confession of faith is at best risky. We must begin every journey with faith. We must take a moment, breathe, and go forward not in our own strength and confidence, but with faith in His strength and confidence. This allows us to have a sure hope. If our anxiety over an issue is stronger than our hope, then we are not grounding the situation in faith. Trust is the brother of faith. We say, "I have faith in You Lord." This declaration then allows us to act and move. What every Saint teaches us is that this acting in faith will produce love. It may not produce what we think it will, but it will always produce love. We may not get what we want, but our faith and hope will bring us love eternal. This is the fruit of our belief, and this is the reward of the race we run, His love that never fails.

 

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