Often, when I want to write about something, I turn to Google.  I find that it gives me ideas that can inform and encourage me in my thought process.  It is akin to brainstorming, without another person. I would much rather brainstorm with people, but that isn’t always possible. The advantage to this kind of brainstorming is that it is literally at my fingertips.  No prior arrangements are required.

So I embarked on a short trip via my Chromebook and put “Keep the Faith”  into the search engine. As always, many things popped up that didn’t fit what I was looking for, but many other things did, and that got me started.

Keeping faith can mean different things, to different people, in different situations.  But, faith itself, is complete trust and confidence in someone or something. Faith is often thought of as being a belief, in God, in people, in oneself and a myriad of other things.  But for me, “keeping the faith,” includes all of them.

Faith is one of the three virtues, of which the other two are hope and love.  Faith is a very important concept, because where one places one’s faith determines what kind of life one leads.  It can manifest itself as an internal mantra that guides a person’s actions.

Faith, along with hope and love are so powerful.  The power of these three virtues provide a moral compass for the well-lived life.  In today’s world, we need to nurture a faith that grounds us. Whatever we choose to believe in has power over our lives.  So it is important to choose wisely.

Faith in goodness and kindness and positive, life-giving thoughts, words and deeds are what sustain us as people.  Each of us is in charge of where we choose to place our faith. That is the first step. After that, keeping the faith is a matter of living the life we have chosen.  

So, I say to God and to myself, each and every day, a prayer that I have written, that guides me on my path.  This is only one way to approach this concept. It is my way of “keeping the faith.”