DOUBTS DISSOLVED BY FAITH

DOUBTS DISSOLVED BY FAITH


We all have DOUBTS in
Our life=doubts about whether
God exists


Doubts about our STANDING
With others=even doubts
WITHIN ourselves about ourselves


“Do you have eyes
And not see=
Ears and not here?” Mark 8:18


But we FIND ourselves with
Our FAITH in God=with our faith in Jesus
JUST the same way
The apostles did


In today's reading=the disciples
BRING their WORRY to Jesus=
That they have only ONE loaf of bread
LEFT in the boat


Even though they have already WITNESSED=
The FEEDING of the MULTITUDES=and
GATHERED up leftovers in their baskets


Jesus REMINDS them as much=
And asks them about their EYES
And their ears


ABOUT THEIR DOUBT


How about us? God and Jesus have
Already BROUGHT us through so much
In our lives=when ALL
Was against us


Yet we CONTINUE to doubt=
Continue to WORRY


Let your FAITH in GOD=
Your faith in Jesus=
DISSOLVE your DOUBT


“Therefore=I tell you=
Do NOT WORRY about your life


What you will eat
Or drink
Or about your body
What you will wear


IS NOT life MORE than food
And the body more than clothes?
…...................
CAN any of you by WORRYING
Add a single hour
To your life?” Matthew 6:25-27


“But when they arrest you=
Do NOT worry
About what to say
Or HOW to say it


At that time
You will be GIVEN
What to say


For it
Will not be you SPEAKING


But the SPIRIT of the FATHER
Speaking through you” Matthew 10:19-20


So whoever you are=
WHATEVER you are going through=let
FAITH DISSOLVE your doubts


We BELIEVE in what Jesus
Has done for OTHERS=but will he
DO IT for us?


Have FAITH in God and Jesus=He will
NOT turn you away=without giving you
The hope and reassurance that you NEED
In order to get through it


“WHEN Jesus saw their faith-
He said to the man=
'Take HEART=your sins are forgiven'” Matthew 9:2
(And at that moment=the paralyzed man WALKED)


Dear Lord=we pray that a new
Hope and UNFLINCHING FAITH in you=
Can CARRY us through


OVERCOME our doubt
Hone our vision=
And SHARPEN our hearing


Let our FAITH in you
DISSOLVE OUR DOUBTS


In Jesus' name and the name of HIS all LOVING FATHER




Robert P. Wallman
2-12-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.