Faith in Five | Weekly Video Devotional

Having it all figured out is something that we seem to understand isn’t possible, and yet we tend to behave as if not having everything figured out is somehow wrong. We expect to be better at something without having first been worse at it. We expect to get to the top of a mountain without the challenge of climbing it. And we expect to have the experience of overcoming something without first facing challenges. If you want to learn more about what this means for your faith,

We probably all have a friend that is afraid of heights and some of us might be that friend. Often people have a hard time communicating why it is they are afraid of what they are afraid of, but they feel it. If you want to learn more about this, visit our website today! https://www.faithinfive.com/donate​

When we see someone trip and fall, when we see a trash bag someone else is carrying break open, when we see someone on the side of the road…we typically think “I am glad that’s not me.” We make note of these bad day type things and immediately get back to our regular scheduled plans. When it’s happening to someone else it’s easy to feel bad for a split second, but we have enough of our own stuff going on that we keep our distance. The problem is that other behave the same

When we over book our calendars and run from thing to thing to thing, we don’t experience much margin. Most of us struggle with slowing down and doing nothing. Being busy is often synonymous with feeling successful or productive, but it has also become coping mechanism for not having to deal with hard stuff. We work harder and more often to try to outrun the nothingness. If you want to learn more about this, visit our website today! https://www.faithinfive.com/donate​

There are seasons in our lives where things just don’t seem to be going right. From little things like bad wifi or tech issues to big things like family tragedies, sickness, or kid issues and everything in between; it seems like things stack up on us. Many of us have experienced the old adage, “When it rains it pours” and “Misery loves company.” It’s often hard to know what to do in these seasons…Do we keep it all in and pretend it doesn’t exist? Do we tell anybody and eve