Faith
“Faith means receiving God, it means being overwhelmed by God. Faith helps us to find trust again and again when, from a human point of view, the foundations of truth have been destroyed. Faith gives us the vision to perceive what is essential and eternal. It gives us eyes to see what cannot be seen, and hands to grasp what cannot be touched, although it is present always and everywhere.”
-Eberhard Arnold, Why We Live in Community, Inwardoutward.org, Daily Quote, August 8, 2018, Eyes to See, Church of the Saviour
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Faith is believing in something we cannot see or understand. The mind takes us to a certain place of belief, but then faith must be present to take the leap. My favorite quote about faith attributed to a multitude of people is, “the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.” If we are so certain about something, we have crossed back over that line away from where faith abides.
This gives all of us doubters great comfort. In fact, we have come to know that our doubts lead us into a deeper faith, across the line down new pathways, sometimes even major highways. Then we take a wrong turn, or run a red light and hit someone, or just become completely lost.
Then that stranger who met us on the road to Emmaus shows up. He may remind us of a quote from scripture that had been meaningful to us in the past. He may ask us if we remember how we have been cared for in the past by the God of our understanding and God’s stand-ins, our community and friends. He always feeds us exactly what we need to continue the journey, and before he disappears, he leaves on the dinner table a GPS.
Joanna joannaseibert.com