There is a saying: Love is weak when there is more doubt than trust. But love is stronger when you learn to trust even with all your doubts.
Certainly, there are points in every relationship that doubt enters:
- Is my partner really faithful?
- Will my children take care of me when I am old?
- Is my business partner not honest with our transactions?
- Does my doctor really know what he is doing?
- In the case of Thomas, “Did Jesus really rise from the dead?”
Hence in our journey of faith, how can we move from moments of doubt to faith? This is especially true in moments of Christ.
- Continue to do the right thing. When times are difficult, there is the greatest temptation to do the shortcuts – stealing, lying, cheating. The reality is we get instant results but the damages are even far greater. Continue to do the right and in the proper time, you will realize it is much more worth it.
- Continue to pray and be hopeful. Jesus reminds us of the power of prayer. God is just a prayer away. It is so powerful that Jesus reminds us not to babble prayer like pagans. Also, to pray unceasingly.
- Continue to choose the right people in your life. There is a saying, “Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.” When we are with God-fearing people, we get influenced by their lives, their action, and their words. That is why while faith is personal, it is also communal. That is why Christ founded the Church.
My dear friends, we live in a different world. Faith is being challenged, authority is being challenged, the truth is being challenged, and yes, even God is being challenged.
Yet, on the other hand, we live in a world where there is the seen and the unseen, where there is the material and the spiritual.
Faith is a gift but what we do with the gift is very important. God cannot be seen and his ways are different from our ways, so doubt can always sink in. That is why we continue to do the right things, we continue to pray and hope and see God’s hand even in the most difficult times of life, and we continue to surround ourselves with God-fearing people to give us strength in difficult times.