This is a response to a simple, yet powerful, question posted by Karla. "How strong is your faith?" This can be answered first by describing what faith and spirituality is to me. I am an odd mix of all sorts of spiritual beliefs. Faith, to me, is trusting in these beliefs based on evidence that I can see, even if others cannot. I understand that what I see as evidence may be coincidence to some or mere foolishness to others, but it reinforces my beliefs nonetheless.
My faith has only grown stronger as I discover more and more practices of spirituality that go hand-in-hand with my own. I believe that there is some form of life after death, but that doesn't mean I am ready to face it. I admit I sometimes think, "What if I am wrong? What if I die and that is the end? What if I don't wake up in some other world and I really am nothing anymore?" This is when my faith comes in and comforts me, and I look at the world around me and see all sorts of spiritual things. I feel confident that this is not everything. We have much more to look forward to.
My faith is not as strong as it could be. It started as a lump of clay, to use a metaphor, and I have been shaping it over the years. It still has a bit more of forming to go before it is at its strongest, but I know it will get there in time. I cannot rush it.
Do you believe there is more to life than what we see?
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