{"id":651,"date":"2013-11-16T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourbestlifenow\/?p=651"},"modified":"2013-11-16T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T12:05:12","slug":"how-may-i-know-when-im-truly-living-by-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourbestlifenow\/2013\/11\/how-may-i-know-when-im-truly-living-by-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"How May I Know When I&#8217;m Truly Living By Faith?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are thinking that what has happened to you is a &#8220;failure.&#8221; Right?<\/p>\n<p>Think again.<\/p>\n<p>Could it be, as someone has put it, that &#8220;what you perceive as a failure is simply life unfolding in a new direction?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Can you wrap your mind around that question? Will you entertain this possibility? \u00a0That what you now feel is a huge setback is really just a step in a new direction?<\/p>\n<p>In other words, what would happen if you viewed what was happening right now, not as some unwanted experience you must resist &#8211; which, of course, you are &#8211; but, instead, it is the very thing that <em>must<\/em> happen in order for Life itself to carry you toward your intended destiny?<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask it another way: \u00a0Can you trust that your life is unfolding just as it is supposed to unfold? And, how do you know if you are now living from a place of trust? Peace and tranquility? Knowing inside, you cannot explain what&#8217;s happening, but you simply trust that life is as it should be? \u00a0How do you know when you are living by faith?<\/p>\n<p>When you no longer have to ask the question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are thinking that what has happened to you is a &#8220;failure.&#8221; Right? 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