Faith is? Faith is.

Faith

Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of faith is to see what we believe.-Saint Augustine

The fields were parched and brown from lack of rain, and the crops lay wilting from thirst. People were anxious and irritable as they searched the sky for any sign of relief. Days turned into arid weeks. No rain came.

The ministers of the local churches called for an hour of prayer on the town square the following Saturday. They requested that everyone bring an object of faith for inspiration.

At high noon on the appointed Saturday the townspeople turned out en masse, filling the square with anxious faces and hopeful hearts. The ministers were touched and to see the variety of objects clutched in prayerful hands--holy books, crosses, roasries.

When the hour ended, as if on magical command, a soft rain began to fall. Cheers swept the crowd as they held their treasured objects high in gratitude and praise. From the middle of the crowd one faith symbol seemed to overshadow all the others: A small nine-year old child had brought an umbrella.

-Laverne W. Hall

Taken from Chicken Soup from the Christian Soul. 1997.

Faith is?

Faith is believing when there is nothing to see.

Faith is moving from point A to point B with no clear reason.

Faith is giving when little is all you have.

Faith is accepting when you have been rejected.

Faith is an umbrella when there is no rain...Yet.

Faith is.

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