I Believe In God the Father Almighty

The apostle's creed begins "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth". For years we recited the apostle's creed every single week in church. At first, it was something that I had to read from a card. Eventually, these words became a part of me in the same way that I say my own name. "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth." If this is true, if I believe in the maker of all things, then why are there so many things that I don't believe I can do?

I can list them out for you. The things that I believe I can't do. I can't seem to go to the gym consistently. I can't stick to the diet that the doctor recommended. I can't drive the speed limit. I can't go thirty days without pizza. I've tried being nice to everybody all the time, but I can't seem to do that either. I believe I can stop missing my bible time, but I can't seem to stay awake some days. I believe I can impact the lives of my students, but then I can't seem to believe that anything I do matters. 

I think of my past successes, but they are clouded by the memory of one failure after the next. "I believe in God the Father, Almighty maker of Heaven and earth." I believe in God the Father, but I also believe in me. I believe in the sum of my failures. I believe in the sum of my limitations and my flaws. I believe I can continue to mess up. I believe I can continue to be less than. I believe I can live a life where I always disappoint God. But then...

I remember the sound of my own voice declaring "I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth"...right then and there I remember hope. "And in Jesus Christ His only son"... I let go of all the negative things that I believe about me because He made me. I let go of all the faulty faith in my own abilities and I grab hold of a faith that assures me that I can believe I can do anything because Christ my Saviour already did. 

Adayinthelife ;-)