Faith is extremely powerful. It can move the unmovable, it can stop the unstoppable, it can penetrate the impenetrable, it can shake the unshakable, and cure the incurable. Even so, faith is difficult for it cannot be seen nor can it be heard. There are many who don’t believe in it and even more that say they have it only to abandon it the minute it is tested. Yet, I have seen faith beat cancer, let people walk again, bring people together, and do things I never imagined possible.
So, why then, is faith so difficult for people to have and to grasp? Why is it so hard to believe that there is more to what we can see, touch, and hear? Is sight all that we are? People can’t see radiation, but it is there. People can’t see God, but he is there. [Most] people can’t see God’s angels, but they are there. I think it boils down to faith being a difficult concept to grasp. After all, we tend to rage against anything that challenges our beliefs. So, at our present stage of development, if we can’t see it, feel it, analyze it or break it down, it doesn’t exist. I guess that fits our historical patterns, right? I mean, wasn’t the world flat at one point? Come on.
Regardless of how one feels about faith, it is hard to deny it. Just recently, I saw a scientist trying to describe near death experiences as simply neurons firing in the brain at the time of death. These same people have told people I care about they’ll never walk again, or that they’ll pass away in six months from the cancer invading their bodies. Why then, can people describe, in detail, what doctor’s were doing to them from “above” their bodies while they were dying? Why then, does somebody walk again? Why then, does somebody beat the cancer? Why then, can I see and talk to my angels and know things that I wouldn’t — or perhaps shouldn’t — in any “traditional” sense?
Having faith is difficult. It is difficult to, without reservation or hesitation, believe in something you can’t see, can’t hear, and can’t feel. Honestly, I think faith is natural part of the universe and that God made it difficult for us on purpose. I think he made it easy for people to give up, easy for people not to believe, and easy for people to be mean. He made it hard to have faith when you lose a loved one, hard to be a good person in a sea of mean people, hard to persevere under trial, and hard to trust when a leap of faith is required to move forward. I can’t recall how many times I have wanted to cash in, give up, throw in the towel, or… worse. Yet, having faith is the only thing that has pulled me from the brink and I’m not alone.
To have faith, all one has to do is believe, with every fathom of their being. Believe that God exists. Believe they will walk in. Believe the cancer will go into remission. Believe that miracles do happen. Believe there is more to what they can see, hear, and feel. And that is the difficult part; especially when the chips are down and the standing eight count is being issued. If you want to overcome the impossible, you must have faith because it is the impossible where the scientists and skeptics give up. They want to believe we don’t have souls. They want to believe cancer can only be cured through medicine. And, they want to believe that someone with a disability can never overcome it. As for me, I have faith. I know that I understand not even one percent of what is around me, yet I know the other ninety-nine percent exists. It’s called faith and you must have it if you want to see the universe around you. Imagine that, faith leading to sight! Of course, those that see the world through the present lens of science will think I am crazy or some kind of a lunatic that should be locked up. Well, I wouldn’t be the first, I won’t be the last, and it doesn’t change the fact that I am right.
interesting post !