Faith comes from God. Expectation comes from ego.
Faith is a vital, expansive part of life. Faith is a light shining in your heart. Faith exists in the now. Expectation jumps in and crowds out the innocent, expansive energy of faith. Faith can let go. Expectation can only grab. Expectation insists on its own way and experiences a big letdown that can lead to depression and resentment when it does not get what it wants. Expectation travels heavy with demands, attachments, and ego. Faith travels light. Faith holds a vision put there by God. Expectation takes hold of that vision and calls it “mine.”
A beautiful understanding of faith can be found in the words of Sun Bear, a medicine chief and sacred teacher of Chippewa descent, “If our vision or medicine told us to move again we would do that, because we cannot be arrogant. We must accept what our vision tells.”
And from Hebrews 11:1, comes this philosophy, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
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