Faith Explored rather than Explained

 

What did you come up with on your sheet for the word faith yesterday?  Maybe somewhere in the cobwebbed corners of your soul, you recalled from Confirmation this scriptural gem, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1).  Here are a few of my favorite quotes about faith:

 

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars. Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it.  Barbara Brown Taylor

 

Franciscan Blessing:

MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort, at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears, to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war,
so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain to joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in the world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness
to all our children and the poor. Amen.

 

Now it is your turn, add questions, quotes, random thoughts on your sheet with “FAITH” written at the top.  Where did faith show up yesterday in surprising ways?  Did faith fill you with living water like in John 4 ~ Phontine and Jesus?  Or did faith feel like an empty bucket right now?  Keep playing and praying with the word “Faith” as we begin this month of February.  Amen.