What comes to mind when we hear the words spiritual growth. The most common answer maybe wanting a closer relationship with Christ. Although this answer is a valid one, as well as others if there may be any, I have realized a lot about spiritual growth.  I will focus on only one aspect of spiritual growth, and that is trust. Trust is something that many of us have gained or lost, and it’s also something that is continuous; it is every growing. Either you trust someone and your trust for that person grows, or you have lost trust and the deficiency grows, but however the direction, trust is an ever growing thing. But how many of us really trust God? Better yet, how many of us REALLY and TRULY believe there is even a God. What is a relationship without trust?

I happen to sometimes experience a trust growth and deficiency with God sometimes.  Sometimes I trust Him when things are looking good from my perspective and I seem to have a good amount of control over the destiny of whatever the situation may be. But there are times when I lose trust when I can’t find a way for the situation’s destiny to work out in my favor, because I have lost control. This might be a major problem with some of us, as I’m sure some can relate. But what does that say in our belief in God? It hurts me sometimes to not trust him at all times, because then the trust seems to be a convenient thing when I already know how things will end, especially if it’s in my favor. Then if I have a convenient trust, that must mean I have a convenient God; only seeking Him and asking things of Him when I already know what the answer most likely will be. Let’s define trust, then, shall we? Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines trust as “1 a: to place confidence: DEPEND <~in God> <~to luck> b: to be confident: HOPE 1. To commit or place in one’s care of keeping: ENTRUST b: to permit to stay or go to do something without fear or misgiving 2 a: to rely on the truthfulness or accuracy of: BELIEF b: to place confidence in: rely on c: to hope or expect confidently

Do we see these definitions? And it’s awesome how the bible does back up each and every one. Hebrews 4:16 says “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need.” How is that that the Lord bids us to come boldly to Him when we know we don’t even deserve to ask anything of Him! As sinful and filthy beings, we are to trust that whatsoever we ask in His name and it is in His will, he will grant it to us.

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We all have our different ways of dealing with stress from school, work and our day to day encounters. Many people struggle to cope with these stressful moments. There are many things that one can do to be mind free for at least a split moment.  Music is  recognized to be a good therapeutic agent. Whenever I am not in a good mood or just not feeling like myself, I pop in a CD into my car radio if I am driving or play something from my computer if I am at home. Listening to music helps me to calm down.  I think music should be part of our spiritual growth journey. Sometimes you may be going through something and can’t think of anyone to turn to, not because you don’t have any friends or siblings but because they may not understand what it is that you are going through. And sometimes there is this one song that you can listen to that will let you know that whatever it may be that you are going through, there is someone who will always understands. He will not criticize you when you are down; rather he will raise you up above all by giving you the strength that you need to go on. There is this song by Gaither Vocal band I have learned to love “When I cry” Listen to it carefully at the end of this post. The music we listen to sometimes help us to realize things that we have lost track of. Share with us your therapeudic agent, what do you do to cope with stress or when you are going through something.

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Forgiveness, is probably one of the hardest things that humanity may have to do. When someone hurts us, innately we have a drive to simply hurt them back. It is definitely a battle to supress those innate feelings that seem to take over us anytime we are confronted with a situation that requires us to forgive. For some they may say that forgivenss doesn’t entail that we forget, but is that really true. Can you truly say you have forgiven someone if you plan on not forgetting what they have done? I guess the more pertinent question is should there be any given circumstances in which someone just doesn’t deserve to be pardoned or forgiven. For instance, if someone raped your sister, would you forgive them? If someone stole your car, would you forgive them? If someone killed someone close to you, would you find it in your heart to forgive them? Under what circumstances is forgiveness granted and under what circumstances is it not? Should we not forgive our fellow man irregardless of the situation, I mean God does forgive us despite what the situation is. Please comment below and let us know your thoughts.

By the way…I just want to take a few to give shoutouts to all of our readers, without all of you this blog wouldn’t be. I hope that we can all gain some deeper insight from these topics. Love you all!

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