Faith

Comfort comes to those with faith in mysterious ways
But for me faith don’t make up for what we lost

This song by Josh Pyke came up on my Pandora playlist. And as I was bobbing my head to the catchy tune, I stopped when I heard this part of the jingle.

Faith don't make up for what we lost.

How deeply wrong this is.

Faith IS the comfort for what we've lost. When I read headlines of earthquakes, see pictures of the hungry, hear of war-stricken countries, I must have faith.

Faith is the only thing that allows us to understand, or allows us to realize that we cannot yet understand.
We have faith in everything. And if faith doesn't 'cut it' for some, then you are severely mistaken. You have faith in everything you believe to be true. So, it has to be enough. Faith is all you need. Because with faith, you can explore, question, dream, love, and experience joy.

Faith is how you know.

I am reading Anselm's Proslogion. It is a prayer-- Faith seeking understanding. He is looking for happiness through understanding God. But he knows understanding is not separate of faith; in fact, faith is essential to understanding.

In faith, in knowledge, in GOD, all "will indeed rejoice as much as they love, and they will love as much as they know."

So, faith MUST be enough to make up for unanswered questions. It HAS to be.
But never should we stop seeking Truth, for in Truth will we someday be revealed understanding.

O truthful God, I ask that I may receive, "that my joy may be full." Until then,"let my mind ponder on it, my tongue speak of it. Let my heart love it and my mouth proclaim it. Let my soul hunger for it, my flesh thirst for it, my whole being long for it, until I 'enter into the joy of my Lord' who is God, Three in One, 'blessed for ever. Amen'"