I’ve been toying with a new definition of faith (among faith’s
multi-faceted-ness). Faith is believing that Christ did what he did and
because He did what he did, we can trust in Him in all things. Hope comes
from faith, that the future will bend away from the natural order of things.
Hope in a resurrection goes against the natural order of things. Hope
that miracles are strategically placed in front of a wayward child to cause
maximum probability is bending the natural order. Our charity
demonstrates our faith in Christ. Charity requires faith because it
declares that we believe and are willing to be meek. Meekness is a state
of egoless-ness or having cast off the natural man. When one has charity
one can’t be easily provoked. We see the evil (slander, etc.) come our
direction but see clearly that no response is the best response. We see
that the person dishing out the injustice is acting from an unconscious state
and it means nothing about us.
This is what I am working on. And it requires grace.
There is no way for me to get this down on my own.
