I have faith. Faith is all you can offer to
prove what can't be seen. In this world I see death, suffering, cruelty, and so
many things that can crush a man, and I have faith. I know that in me is vast
selfishness, greed, a desire for constant adultery and deception, to only be
faithful and loyal to what brings me pleasure. Yet these thing so prominently
on my heart are kept at bay, not because I am a good person, or some religious
action, but simply because there is something greater than me which overshadows
my own heart when I allow it. So I have faith. Since I was a child the concept
that I would cease to exist has petrified me. The day I saw my mother's cold
lifeless body on a table in hospital hallway it became infinitely more
amplified. I have no way to prove eternity. I know that one day this body will
die, but I know there is something more living in me, more to my mother than
what I saw that day, more to my daughter's when I hold them, so I have faith. I've
been reading the Bible for 20 years, the same amount of time I've been reading
comic books, and I know the difference when something truly speaks to you as
living entity versus when you identify with something. More than arguments on
text and evidence, I’ve seen how these words guide, give peace, are truth, heal,
and give hope. So I have faith. In 20 years I’ve been provided for in ways that
cannot be explained, seen results inconceivable in nature from prayers simply
spoken to a deity that cannot be proven in a court of law. I've seen
forgiveness take place that defies all logic, and sacrifices made that go
beyond human charity. So I have faith.
Faith is evidence of
what cannot be seen. And this evidence is more real to me than the thoughts and
desires I reject on a daily basis. This evidence is more real to me than my
mother's lifeless body in the ground. This evidence is more real to me than any
ideals or teachings of men I've ever seen in this world. So I have faith.
My evidence is in the
way my faith has changed my heart and life. And my faith is in Jesus Christ.
