Faith

"Faith is the confidence that what we HOPE for will actually happen; it gives us ASSURANCE about things we cannot see." Hebrews 11:1
It's been some time since I sat down and read Hebrews 11 and I usually read more than a chapter at a time but I couldn't get passed this one this morning. It struck me at how faith is so important in our daily walk. God requires it from us and yet I live in worry and fear for most of the day or I get side tracked by stresses of my circumstances.
"Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation." vs2 ~ I want to earn a good reputation! I want to be faithful!! I think it would help if I would look at today and concentrate on how to glorify Him TODAY. Look forward to tomorrow and the opportunity to do it again but not to be anxious about something you can't change!!
And what should we HOPE for? Is it a new home, a vehicle that we think we need because this one is not feeling so reliable, a house that cleans itself, kids that obey, good weather, more children, laundry that magically disappears, meals on wheels??? I want what I HOPE for to be something that He has put on my heart because then I think it will truly be something I'm not anxious over but something I know He will bring...maybe not for me but for someone... "All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it." vs13