Faith is a stabilizing force in the face of uncertainty.
The simplest act of faith is getting out of bed in the morning and placing one's feet on the floor to face a new day.
This may sound trite but consider that most of the mundane activities of life are in essence a choice.
For most, facing a new day doesn't seem like a choice. The day comes without our consent, but getting out of bed to meet it is a choice that involves our volition.
This may sound trite but consider that most of the mundane activities of life are in essence a choice.
For most, facing a new day doesn't seem like a choice. The day comes without our consent, but getting out of bed to meet it is a choice that involves our volition.
What supports one's will to act is the force of faith overriding any uncertainty that crosses the mind.
The will to get out of bed and meet what the day brings is not based on knowing what the day will bring, but rather a willingness to engage whatever the day brings.
As such, getting out of bed is an act of faith.
The will to get out of bed and meet what the day brings is not based on knowing what the day will bring, but rather a willingness to engage whatever the day brings.
As such, getting out of bed is an act of faith.
Faith protects one's ability to act in one's interest and in the interest of others.
As such, it can override perception and belief.
For example, those who have survived a horrific event frequently credit faith, as in "my faith," being the sustaining factor through their ordeal.
On the surface, use of the word "faith" takes on the quality of trust, but what is being said reflects a much deeper intuition about the meaning of faith.
It is interesting that in such horrifying cases the word faith is used rather than trust, as in "I trusted that God would rescue us" or "I trusted others would rescue us."
The terms trust and rescue are rarely ever mentioned in the aftermath of someone being rescued.
Faith is.
Perhaps we innately know that in situations where the outcome is so uncertain; where one is shaken beyond belief to the core of one's being, is this resource called faith which we intuitively understand connects us to a force within and beyond ourselves.
In essence, a survivor's expression of faith is also an expression about the faithfulness of those who responded to the survivor's dire situation.
Faith is a stream that runs very deep throughout the human psyche.
Faith is not a belief.
On the surface, faith can appear miniscule, weak, and a refuge of last resort, but I would suggest otherwise.
Faith appears gentle but exerts tremendous force.
It can give one the strength to hold on through impossible situations.
It can allow one to let go of something thought impossible to live without.
Its impact on the lives of individuals, people in general, and the course human events has been and continues to be immense.
Faith faces forward.
We are blind where the future is concerned. We don't know what lies around the corner.
Yet in faith we face the future and turn the corners of life.
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Faith contends with doubt.
Where there is faith there is doubt.
Faith does not require certainty and certainty requires no faith.
Certainty is matter of one's perceiving a known outcome.
Certainty can be a matter of holding to concrete beliefs in spite of obvious contradiction.
Faith does not require intellectual assent.
Faith is an action.
Faith gives one the ability to let be or to let go in the midst of doubt.
Faith is a force.
Until next time, stay faithful.
On the surface, use of the word "faith" takes on the quality of trust, but what is being said reflects a much deeper intuition about the meaning of faith.
It is interesting that in such horrifying cases the word faith is used rather than trust, as in "I trusted that God would rescue us" or "I trusted others would rescue us."
The terms trust and rescue are rarely ever mentioned in the aftermath of someone being rescued.
Faith is.
Perhaps we innately know that in situations where the outcome is so uncertain; where one is shaken beyond belief to the core of one's being, is this resource called faith which we intuitively understand connects us to a force within and beyond ourselves.
In essence, a survivor's expression of faith is also an expression about the faithfulness of those who responded to the survivor's dire situation.
Faith is a stream that runs very deep throughout the human psyche.
Faith is not a belief.
On the surface, faith can appear miniscule, weak, and a refuge of last resort, but I would suggest otherwise.
Faith appears gentle but exerts tremendous force.
It can give one the strength to hold on through impossible situations.
It can allow one to let go of something thought impossible to live without.
Its impact on the lives of individuals, people in general, and the course human events has been and continues to be immense.
Faith faces forward.
We are blind where the future is concerned. We don't know what lies around the corner.
Yet in faith we face the future and turn the corners of life.
.
Faith contends with doubt.
Where there is faith there is doubt.
Faith does not require certainty and certainty requires no faith.
Certainty is matter of one's perceiving a known outcome.
Certainty can be a matter of holding to concrete beliefs in spite of obvious contradiction.
Faith does not require intellectual assent.
Faith is an action.
Faith gives one the ability to let be or to let go in the midst of doubt.
Faith is a force.
Until next time, stay faithful.
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