"And the Apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.' The Lord replied, 'If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.'" Luke 17:5-6

When I was on the way home today, I received feedback in an e-mail about work. The feedback referred to a past incident where I was directly involved. Though it was not stated in the message, I assumed that it was directed at me. You can say I thought of it as a personal attack.

For a moment there, I felt bad. The negative emotions started welling up inside of me. For the longest time, I consider myself an expert in inviting all the negativity inside of me and letting it take control of my judgment. As the feelings started to pile up, I came across a quote which says "If a problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved, worrying will do no good." At that moment, I decided to think about other things instead so I can get rid of the bad feeling building up.

And this is when I realized that I am capable of controlling my emotions. I thought I was already an overly emotional person where my emotions are the first to have a say in my life. But I was wrong. I was able to chase away the negativity because God doesn't want us to feel bad. We are living to experience a fulfilling life not waste it on stressful and toxic thoughts. He wants us to worry less and be happy.

Today, the disciples asked Jesus to "increase their faith". Jesus promised that even if we have faith even with a size of a mustard seed - which is very small - it is enough to let great things to happen. All we need to do is believe in God that we'll be able to do things which we think are impossible.

For a second, I thought the feedback will get to me and ruin my evening. But it did not. In fact, I enjoyed the night with a good friend. I, myself, already assumed what is about to happen; that I will once again let stress eat me up wholly and I'll hole up in my room. But when I came across the quote and asked Ray to pray for me, that tiny bit of faith made me feel better.

Lord, thank you so much for a wonderful day. You did wonders in my life today indeed. I know You are the one who pushed me to go to work even if I didn't want to, made me focus on my tasks the entire work day (and finish my shift properly), gave me a chance to spend my time with friends and protected me and my family on our way home. Most importantly, thank you for answering my prayer of guidance. Thank you for letting me look into the brighter side of things and handling the difficult ones for me.