Faith.
Having faith
is not the eradication of doubts,
it is not the denial of fears,
Having faith,
is not living without challenges,
disappointments and tragedies.
Having faith
is the honest wrestling
with all that is being human.
Having faith
is more than our actions.
Having faith
is the mystery of being "known",
"loved"
and "graced".
Having faith
is being held
beyond our ability of holding on.
Perhaps my faith can teach me about my doubts,
but, surely,
my doubts can teach me about may faith.
is not the eradication of doubts,
it is not the denial of fears,
Having faith,
is not living without challenges,
disappointments and tragedies.
Having faith
is the honest wrestling
with all that is being human.
Having faith
is more than our actions.
Having faith
is the mystery of being "known",
"loved"
and "graced".
Having faith
is being held
beyond our ability of holding on.
Perhaps my faith can teach me about my doubts,
but, surely,
my doubts can teach me about may faith.
posted by Unknown at 4:06 pm
2 Comments:
I've been thinking about faith A LOT recently.
These words of Jesus have been haunting me: He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. Luke 17:6
Do you believe these words should be taken literally or figuratively?
I’m leaning towards literal since he also calmed the waves with his words. ;-)
Sometimes Jesus said things that were to show us the impossible not the possible. It is impossible to "love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and ALL your mind and ALL your strength". We are left with two choices. Either we can sentence ourselves to a regimen of works that will always leave us failing, or we can stop. In stopping we are left with grace. Grace is complete. It says "It is finished". "You are forgiven because you will never fully understand". Faith is no longer expressed as our works for him, we start to live out his works through us, not our faith but his. There is a huge difference here. For me, mustard seed faith simply says that faith is an attribute of God that is given in minute measure for, if we received more, we would end up "moving mountains"...a far too dangerous ability to give mankind, don't you think.
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