06 December 2011

Have A Little Faith


Have a Little Faith is a book about a life’s purpose; about losing belief and finding it again; about the divine spark inside us all. It is one man’s journey, but it is everyone’s story.

The following are some extracts from the book:


Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe. p44

When you come to the end, that's where God begins. p79

Be grateful. Be satisfied. For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you. That's it. p102

Whenever I would go to someone's home who had lost a family member - a young one,  particularly - I would try to be of comfort by remembering what comforted me. Sometimes we would sit quitely. Just sit and maybe hold hand. Let them talk. Let them cry. And after a while, I could see they feel better.

When we're still looking at ourselves through our past, we're not seing what God has done. What He can do. We're not seeing the little things that happen in our lives.

Because one thing God gave us - and I'm afraid it's at time a little too much -
is free will. Freedom to choose. I believe He gave  us everything needed to
build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.

From the beginning God said I'm gonna put this world into your hands. If I run everything that's not you. So we were created with a piece of divinity inside us, but with this feeling called freewill, and i think God watches us everyday. lovingly, praying we will make the right choices.

The only whole heart is a broken heart. p240

You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.

So many people are in pain - no matter how smart or accomplished - the cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where i should have been looking, too. Because when the world quits to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things; comfort, love, and a
peaceful heart. p221

With a little faith, people can fix things, and they truly can change because a that moment you cannot believe otherwise. p244

God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same wonderful, human song.

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