WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH

WHEN DOUBT THREATENS OUR FAITH


I think we ALL
Go though periods of time
In our lives
WHEN we QUESTION our FAITH


NO MATTER how much faith
That we have=I think
EVEN Jesus did


“When his relatives=heard of this
They set out
To SEIZE him
And they said=


'He is OUT of his mind'” Mark 3:21


I WONDER how Jesus felt
When his FAMILY=
Reacted this way


I wonder IF even Jesus DOUBTED
When those he was
CLOSEST to=even doubted him


THIS sounds like a MODERN
DAY REACTION of a family member
To an ITINERANT PREACHER


To have SOMEONE strike out
On their own=PREACHING a
Completely NEW RELIGION


ANY family member
Would have their DOUBTS


But Jesus CONTINUED to
Move FORWARD in FAITH


It is my GUESS that even
The HUMAN SIDE of Jesus
EXPERIENCED some doubts


“Jesus replied, 'TRULY I tell you
If you have FAITH
And do not doubt


NOT only can you do
What was done
To the fig tree


But also
You can SAY to this mountain


'Go throw yourself
Into the sea'
And it will be DONE” Matthew 21:21


“He said to them=
'WHY are you troubled
And why do doubts
RISE in your minds?


LOOK at my hands and my feet
It is I myself!


TOUCH me and see=
A ghost= does NOT have
Flesh and bone
As you see I have'” Luke 24:38-39


“BE MERCIFUL to those
Who doubt=save others
By SNATCHING them
From the fire” Jude :22-23


WHEN our doubts
THREATEN our faith=we NEED to
STILL keep moving forward


Even Jesus=in his moments
Of humanity=must have had TEMPTATION
And with temptation
Comes DOUBT


But NO ONE=this world
Has ever seen=had more faith
Than Jesus


So I am SURE
He UNDERSTANDS=all too well
When our doubts
THREATEN our faith


“Then he touched their eyes
And said:
'According to your FAITH-let it
BE DONE to you'
And their sight was RESTORED” Matthew 9:29-30


We ALL have QUESTIONS
About our FAITH=but Jesus IS
THE ANSWER


KEEP moving forward in FAITH


Robert P. Wallman
1-19-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVIING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'DONOGHUE