What is faith? In Hebrews 11-1 it says, “Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.”
I was blessed to have experienced a first rate Catholic education by way of Catholic grade school and Catholic high school. I was also blessed to have a first rate Catholic Mom who really knew her stuff. Almost daily we had wonderful theological type discussions around the house, but often we got to the place where my Mom’s answer was always, “it’s a matter of faith”. For a young person, that was the equivalent of; “Because I said so”. It was the signal there was to be no more discussion on that subject. Accept what I am telling you and believe it – because it is true and, “because I said so”.
And accept it I did, because it was true. Now, wasn’t that simple, gentle readers? When we turn into big people we have this need to make everything so complicated. We fret and stew over every little truth presented to us. We don’t study up on all this God stuff because it’s interesting or fun. Oh no, we rip it down to its tiniest molecule, pin it up on a board like a dead butterfly, and then congratulate ourselves for having “found” faith.
That’s not how we “get” faith. Faith is a gift from God. If you’re waiting for it to come to you by way of a burning bush, you may have a very long wait. God gifted me with faith through my Mother and the Sisters who taught me at school. Your faith may come through another quiet little source, but only if you ask and are prepared to get your ego out of the way.
