What Is Faith, Really?

I'm feeling compelled to talk about faith this week. With so much uncertainty stirring up just over a year ago, I believe more people are drawn to exploring faith. Myself included. 

Gosh, if I'm frank here, I've had to lean in big-time over the past few weeks. Uncertainty passed in my lane last month, and it hit at my core wound of needing to feel safe. Although everything is safe in my world, a minor disturbance flashed itself in front of me and stirred up some emotions. It triggered my nervous system to go into anxiousness and brought me back to an original childhood wound. While the event was harmless, my subconscious was drawing back from a past event that had similarities. One that I could not process as a child, so I created an unsafe story around. 

Time to go inward. 

Doing this work for a while now and knowing how helpful it is, I got right to it. I created space, let the wound bubble up, used my tools to process it, and got some relief at the moment. 

As I meditated on what was going on, God spoke to me and said it's time to trust even more, which means to lean into faith wholly, which involves surrendering even further. 

Leaning into faith means you can not be attached to the outcome. It's about trusting completely without the proof that things will turn out your way. And knowing regardless of how things turn out, it's for your highest good. 

Holy Moly! 

If certainty is your sidekick in life, surrendering without knowing the game plan is not comfortable, and you are likely to have a lot of resistance to doing so. 

And to make things even tenser, I was being pushed to go even deeper right as I was in the process of planning for a free masterclass about Peace and Serenity. Yep, got to love the universe! 

Ugh!

Great timing, right? 

It was undoubtedly the best timing, although it didn't feel that way at its peak intensity. 

In my solicitude, I said SERIOUSLY! Do we have to do this now, God?!

While my core self knew deep down inside that there was meaningful spiritual work for me to do, my logical side was frustrated. 

What I've learned throughout doing this work and guiding others to do the same is when God, the Divine, is ready for you to level up a notch, it will kick up some wind to blow our way. 

Oh man, oh man, the wind was strong. 

I faced it head-on, got clear of releasing what needed to be released, and surrendered my heart out. With no evidence of things turning out in my favor, I stepped into faith and told the universe - I trust you!

It took three days of nothing manifesting that would be in my favor, and if I'd allowed myself to get in my head, major disrupt would have hit, and my mind would have controlled me. So I faced each emotion that surfaced up with love. I surrendered each day with gratitude in my heart of the outcome knowing it was for my highest good. 

Ultimately, things started shifting, and the outcome was better than I could have conceived. The divine showed up in the most loving way to bring me a gift. The gift was a hefty dose of peace that flooded throughout my body and had me feeling as light as a feather. 

I genuinely believe it's because I was willing to trust and dive deep into what my soul was calling me to do. 
Now more than ever, we are being called to let go of the grip of control and to trust. I know It's not always easy, especially if you like a good amount of certainty. 

The bonus gift that I received was a message and now a knowing - is we do have certainty within us, LOVE. 

Don't fear the wind, my friend. Embrace it and walk with it. 

Fear will deplete you. Love will elevate you. 

You are LOVE. 

I stumbled across this beautiful quote yesterday.

"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float." - Alan Watts

Ahhh pretty much sums it up don't you think?! 

Love and light. xo 
Francine