A few weeks ago I began a study on faith, what it is to walk in the Lord's way and the role faith plays in this journey. When asked if I had faith I thought: Sure I have faith! I'm a Catholic for crying out loud. And then I began to read Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen." Well duh! I don't see God so obviously...boy was I in for a surprise.
In order to understand what faith is I had to rule out what faith IS NOT.
Faith is not positive thinking or believing (oops!, big scratch on my definition of faith)
Faith is not a hunch (really? Then how else does God speak to me?)
Faith is not hoping for the best (what do you mean? If I trust God shouldn't I hope for the best?)
Faith is not cognitive knowledge ("I know you can do it" type thinking)
Faith is not just having faith
So what is faith?
Join me in this journey of faith. I will be blogging about it regularly as I grow in mine.
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