Faith Lifts, When Life Lets you Down. Do you ever wonder if God cares about you? Does he really have a plan for your life? How do I know he even exists?

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain about what we do not see…” Heb 11:1 (NIV). God shows himself to us every day in the world that he created. Nothing so beautiful and intricately detailed as the universe could just ‘happen’ or evolve over time. Where we get messed up is when bad things happen to us, when life happens. Faith keeps us strong when the going gets tough, when life lets us down, when people disappoint us, when God disappoints us. Faith holds us together when circumstances would tear us apart. Faith sees beyond what we experience or who we see ourselves to be to what God sees and the plans he has for us. “For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord…plans to give you hope and a future…You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you.” (Jer 29:11, 13,14)

Life circumstances, physical and emotional pain, and discouragement to the point of wanting to end my life were tearing me apart; then I had a dream which is described in the poem ‘Beyond a Dream’, in my book, Faith Lifts. What started as a nightmare ended in hope, and a search for the God who held me in his arms. I found that he loves and cares about each of us very much, and knows us intimately. He loves us so much he wants to be part of our lives through faith in his son Jesus, who died for us so we could live a victorious life by and in the power of the Holy Spirit living in us.

Come take a journey with me from brokenness and pain to wholeness and healing. Through poetry, photography and music inspired by the God who loves me, I want to introduce you to the One who wants you to know him in a new way too.