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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 5/28/08

May 28, 2008 on 1:04 am | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments

Ah, for a Good Mustard Seed!

 I sometimes think that faith is like sex in high school.  (Hang on, let me finish.)  When I was in high school, I thought everybody else was having  sex, and I was the only one who could barely get a good kiss, let alone…well, you know what I mean.

I think it’s the same with faith.  I have some faith, but not enough to move a mountain or even plant a mustard seed.  So, when I look around church, I  imagine that everyone else knows something I don’t.  But I also have a strong suspicion that they are as lost, hopeful and uncertain as I am – cracked, broken, imperfect vessels. 

My point:  It seems to me that faith is not about being smug or sure, but about being hopeful and unsure. It’s okay to doubt and to screw it up.  Faith is about hoping when we really have not a clue. Enjoy and rejoice in faith that goes beyond our common sense or what we know for sure.  –jri

“But Jesus said to him, ‘If thou canst
believe, all things are possible to him
who believes.’  At once the father of
the boy cried out, and said with tears,
‘I do believe; help my unbelief.’”

        –    Mark 9:21-23