Faith

One of the greatest trilogies of the early 21st century has to be the Dark Knight Trilogy chronicling the story of Batman. That's where today's thought originates from. Despite being slightly dark and depressing, the whole of the trilogy has an air of wisdom and feeling behind it. This quote is from the second movie of the trilogy, The Dark Knight.

In my life, the three biggest things are my faith, my family, and my friends. I suppose you could say that faith is the biggest thing in my life as the other two rely heavily on faith. Perhaps you have these same values as me. For the purposes of this post, I suppose it doesn't really matter. Everyone has put their faith in something or someone at some point. When did you deserve to have your faith rewarded?

I remember back to my high school and FFA days. My senior year I was excited about running for a State Office position. This is what my entire career had been leading up to. I did it right, I went through the Chapter to the Region, and now I should be going on to the State. Well, come convention time, I was not chosen as one of the six State Officers. At the time, I was angry. Had I not gone through the ranks, doing my due diligence at every step along the way? I had put in the faith, where was my reward?

As it turns out, the future, and faith in what is to come, has this funny way of always working out. Looking back, me not being selected was one of the best things to happen to me. Without that, I wouldn't have gotten as involved with my fraternity. I might not have gone on to organize events on campus. I might not even be in my internship that has changed my life this summer. The point is, everything that happens to you must be taken on faith. Your reward might not be what you think, or even what you think you want. But your reward is waiting. Your faith deserves to be, and will be, rewarded.