Faith is not the expectation that you will receive everything you ask for. Faith is a state of mind that allows you to find peace, reconciliation, and contentment when you do not. Faith is an achieved state of mind that allows one to temper their desire for everything they want, with the understanding that they are frequently better off without it. Faith is a sense of wellbeing which soothes our ache to be loved, with the heartwarming conviction that we are. It’s a small voice deep in our heart that reassures us that the sense of wellbeing we experienced in our mother’s womb is not lost forever when we enter this world but multiplied exponentially when we enter the next.
When those about us languish in a sullen sea of doubt, and the whole world seems in anguish, and hope, nowhere about; its then faith burns most brightly with conviction’s brilliant glow, while fears retreat contritely, vanquished by the confidence we know. For our hope is not in inner strength, nor conceit at honors won; our valor not doomed to fail at length; our victory not contingent on what we’ve done. Our joy is not reliant on some gallantry we’ve shown. We’ve no need to be compliant to some distant impropriety we’ve known. For our strength is in humility, not some valiant course we’ve trod, but in simply doing justly, loving mercy, serving God.
Shannon Thomas Casebeer
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