Cuz' You Gotta Have Faith! #BlogElul 6

It's a classic 80's reference to the George Michael song Faith. Without really knowing the lyrics, this was always a song that got me tapping my foot - and often pretending to sing along (again, not really knowing the lyrics).

Thanks to the numerous lyric lists on the web, I actually read what the words are. In summary, the singer is physically attracted to a person, who wants him to stay in the relationship. However the singer, knowing that his lover plays games, decides to leave the relationship. He has faith that there is something better out there.

How often do we need to make decisions, based on faith - the combination of trust in ourselves and trust in a higher power? Often these are the BIG decisions - entering a relationship or exiting one, changing jobs, careers, moving away, moving home.

As we reflect on the past year, were there times when we should have acted with faith, but were not prepared to? Sometimes I worry I don't have enough evidence, haven't thought something through thoroughly, it would be better to wait.

And, as we look towards next year, how can we strengthen our faith, allowing us to connect in a deeper way to ourselves, to each other, and to the Divine.  Maybe we can start with singing George Michael :)