Doubt Happens, but Choose Faith.
We should be unafraid to doubt. There is no believing without some doubting, and believing is all the more robust for having experienced its doubts. Kalil Gibran put it beautifully, “Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.” I like that. If doubts are not the opposite of faith, we can be a bit more open and honest about them with ourselves, others, and God.
– Justin Holcomb
I’ve written about faith before, but what we haven’t talked about is how faith and doubt are not mutually exclusive. The two can coexist; it is possible to have faith and still have doubts.
A person of faith may have many unanswered questions. A person of faith my still have moments and times of great doubt. The difference between having faith and a total lack of faith is that the person of faith is aware he or she has this momentary lapses in faith, and then he or she will do whatever is necessary to take themselves out of the negative mindset.
Life is about being able to switch gears; how quickly can we make the necessary adjustments to keep us in a place where we feel uplifted by God, and know that whatever happens, we will be given the strength to survive, and perhaps even thrive. Faith is the ability move from doubt back to faith—in a matter of minutes or hours instead of days and weeks.
Today, I will remember that even though I have faith, I will also have periods of doubt. After all, I am human, and I have an array of human emotions to manage!