{"id":2341,"date":"2010-02-05T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2010-02-05T23:39:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T04:39:28","slug":"the-train-february-9-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/the-train-february-9-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Train, February 5 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ethan's model train on the track.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the distance a faint sound floats across the breeze,\u00a0a dull whistle blows.\u00a0The track before you stretches, winds and curves, one cannot see the train only the\u00a0path that it\u00a0will take towards where you stand.\u00a0 Closer, rumbling, chugging, vibrations beneath your feet, you don’t just hear it but feel it within you. It is coming and your body feels the rush of something so great, powerful and overwhelming. You freeze waiting for its appearance so you can see it. You smell the smoke and oil and can feel the wind shift. You hear it closer, even closer it barrels ahead; it must be on the curve out of sight for you still cannot witness it with your eyes but you know with every fiber of your being it is there right beyond that curve!<\/p>\n

Why must we see to believe? When all that we know within our hearts and souls have\u00a0confirmed that God exists. Why then must we see the Face of God to\u00a0believe He exists?<\/p>\n

Without seeing you believe, without touching, without the physical senses being effected you know with all that you are God is there, that is Faith. How is that possible? Are we\u00a0all deluding ourselves believing so that we don’t have to worry about death? Are we just grasping at straws\u00a0in hopes that this earthly existence\u00a0is not all that there is? Can anyone totally reassure another that God does exist beyond a shadow of a doubt?<\/p>\n

God’s presence is clear to those who believe, who have faith. God’s presence is\u00a0as obvious as that train is real, if we pause\u00a0in life and truly live it,\u00a0breathe it in and\u00a0mindfully watch for God’s presence. The presence of God is with\u00a0each of us whether you believe or recognize\u00a0His presence God still remains.<\/p>\n

God is present in the mere breath that you take in and breathe out daily. He created your body, mind and soul. \u00a0If it were not for God\u00a0YOU would not exist.\u00a0Could there possibly be any other\u00a0entity that could create human life but God? God is present in your very existence on this earth.\u00a0God is present\u00a0in all of\u00a0nature,\u00a0who other than God could have possibly created the intricate balance of nature, from the sunsets to the oceans, the trees that give us the oxygen to breathe to the sun that warms us enough to live and thrive. God\u00a0is present in all the good that people do on a daily basis that goes unnoticed, unthanked and unwelcomed from some. God is present in the simple smile of a child and the tears of the elderly. God does not with hold His love from anyone, not even the\u00a0ones immersed in evil deeds. God is there to trying to show love and mercy to those whose paths have turned from\u00a0His radiant Light. God has given us the freewill to choose to acknowledge His existence or to deny it. God is omnipresent, everywhere at all times.<\/p>\n

The train tracks are there, all the signs of God’s presence in our world, you can feel the rumble of the engines in your soul, goose bumps from\u00a0a feeling that has nothing to with the physical condition, you can hear the whistle, the\u00a0inspired words of God from others and the scriptures, you can smell the oil and smoke, you breathe in the air he created to prolong your existence.<\/p>\n

Why must you see the train to know that it is there? Trust your heart, your soul and your mind for there lays the truth at the core of who you are and there and only there you shall discover FAITH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever stood close enough to the train tracks to feel the train coming from a distance? Have you ever felt the vibrations of the track before you ever saw the train?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[321,20,166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}