PrincessEagle, thanks! And so do you!
observanteen, I’m also glad!
blaba, I understand it can be really hard to believe in that stuff when things are very difficult. That’s when it’s hardest to have faith, because it looks like G-d is hiding from us and doesn’t care about us. I am no expert in boosting faith, but I’ll try to say a few things.
In order to have strong faith in G-d when things aren’t going our way, we may need to openly see Him do good things for us. Sometimes it’s hard to see those good things because we aren’t focusing on them because of our negative feelings. A good way to see those good things is by trying every day to write down something good that happened to us. That will help us get more used to seeing the positive. Then, when we are seeing the good things G-d does for us, that strengthens our faith in Him because it shows us He really cares for us and looks after us.
Once our faith gets stronger from those positive things, our faith will also be stronger when dealing with things we see as negative. And that will hopefully be able to change our perspective when “bad” things happen, and we will begin to see the good side of every negative situation.
I really hope that helped somewhat!
here i go, wow, your second poem was really great! I actually felt like the person you were talking to in the poem, a few years ago. I wouldn’t let anyone see the pain I was dealing with, and always wore a smile so no one would think anything was wrong. I practically lived with a “mask”. I still do, to a certain extent, but thankfully, now, I am much less in pain inside than I was a few years ago.
PrincessEagle, that’s really thoughtful of you to be thinking of SaysMe. SaysMe, I hope you’re okay!