Mustard seed faith

Let’s try a little mountain-moving today.

In writing down my phone number quickly in a recent memo, I put down the first two digits of a phone number I haven’t used for years. Ever wonder where stuff like that comes from? Am I just acting my age?

Actually I think this could happen to anybody at any age because we carry so much information in our brains, and those who are scientists can correct me if I’m wrong, but I am under the impression that none of it goes away. It’s just harder to get to what we don’t use. But once in a while, some chemical/electrical spark — or maybe it’s just a brain fart — can jog the gray matter and connect us to a long distance memory.

They say we use a very small percentage of what is in our brains. That means it’s not what you know, but what you know about what you know that reaches your consciousness. In other words, we all know much more than we’re letting on; we just can’t access it all.

The same thing is true spiritually. At any given time, we are using such a little bit of our true spiritual potential. Jesus said that if we had faith the size of a tiny mustard seed, we could move mountains. That would mean that if I have mountains in my life that stand in my way, it’s not because I don’t have the faith to move them, it’s because I don’t use what I have.

How about it? Do you have a mountain move? I have a mountain range. There are mountains in our lives that hamper us and render us victims of circumstance. Are you just going to keep putting up with that thing or move it on out of here? It doesn’t take a ton of faith, just enough to get us believing that God can do it.

Move, move, move on it
Don’t be afraid of losing it
You won’t have it till you’re using it
Move on it; move on it
Move, move, move on it
Hear it and then be believing it
Use it and we’ll be receiving it
Move on it
Move on it

We can wait for all the information
There is always cause for hesitation
But while we’re searching for
Writing in the sky
Life will pass us by

We present ourselves for our inspection
Looking long into our own reflection
But then we turn around
And we walk away
Does the memory stay?

3 Responses to Mustard seed faith

Kimberly Lavoie says:

September 12, 2013 at 6:19 pm

My dear MIL has a form of dementia brought on by a stroke in her frontal lobe. It has had many effects but the worst by far is that although she remembers things she cannot access those memories effectively. A Doctor explained it to us as the part of her brain that was damaged is like the google search engine of the brain. All of the data is still there, but when she searches her memory banks sometime she comes up with a blank, or with some related but mostly irrelevant data for the situation. When she eats she often does not recall that she has eaten, which leaves her feeling unsatisfied and over-eating. She recently moved to an assisted living home and now recalls her former home as being in Colorado (where she grew up) rather than S. California where she was most recently living. It is a confusing world that she lives in now. So sad for someone who once had excellent command of her intellect.

Mark S. says:

September 12, 2013 at 6:40 pm

I liked today’s Catch and it reminded me of an older saying: ‘use it or loss it’ – regarding my faith in allowing God to help move the mountains in my life, which thankfully He often does!
PS Dear Kimberly Lavoie I’ll remember your friend in my thoughts & prayers – I can some what relate, simply becauz i once was in a coma and years later had a stroke, so i understand a bit of brain damage and what it may take to get better – a lot of hard work and prayers… 🙂

Mark S. says:

September 12, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Today’s Catch reminded me of an older saying: ‘use it or loss it’ – regarding my faith in allowing God to help move the mountains in my life, which thankfully He often does!
PS Dear Kimberly Lavoie I’ll remember your friend in my thoughts & prayers – I can some what relate, simply becauz i once was in a coma and years later had a stroke, so i understand a bit of brain damage and what it may take to get better – a lot of hard work and prayers… 🙂