On Faith
Faith … I’ve heard it doesn’t exist. I have heard it’s a ridiculous ideology that
only existed before science, and a ridiculous concept to embrace. Faith didn’t exist as people were cured by
herbs and hope; faith didn’t exist during the war in 1918 when a letter came
from the Army telling my Great-grandparents that their son was going to die due
to the flu.
Faith is a concept that only the ignorant believe.
And please, don’t let me get started on the Bible and what a
waste that is.
Faith and belief is so outdated who wants to even consider
it.
Seriously, don’t we know that we have the TV, and textbooks
(rewritten year after year), and the news programs to tell us how those who
have faith are stupid, and lacking any sense of intelligence?
Faith makes us angry at times as we deal with a world that
tells us we are less and pretty much retarded.
Faith makes us stand up at the strangest times to call folks out for
being less than they should be.
Faith makes us pray for those who are not like us, but we
know deep in our heart that they are very good. Faith is how the less of us
survive in a very vibrant and outspoken world.
Faith is why we don’t strike out and hurt, even though we have felt the
barbs, insults, and isolation from those who professed to love us.
Faith is the reason that we didn’t kill those who have
challenged us, hurt us, kicked us, bruised us, or overstepped our boundaries.
Faith is why babies laugh and trust. Faith is why animals come to us, trusting we
won’t hurt them. Faith is why a feral
cat, or a man or woman, or a rooster, or even a goat rests in our arms. Faith is why we survive when the world tells
us it’s a ridiculous idea.
Faith is birthing, growing, loving, and is why this thing
called humanity still survives.
By the way, my Papa didn’t die in that horrible flu in 1918
on foreign shores, but maybe faith had a lot to do with it – otherwise I
wouldn’t be here to speak of the power of faith.
As always, keep seeking.
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