According to the Bible, God said, "If you have faith as tiny as a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, move from here to there and it will move, nothing will be impossible for you."
In God we do trust, we pray to Him; but when our prayers seem to be unanswered, that is when faith is really tested. When nothing seems to be going right, yet we persist, live, with hope, it's when the human spirit is tested.
There's an anecdote that depicts the conflicts of faith and prayer. A man climbs a tree to collect forage. Having climbed up, he is unable to come down. He prays to God, "God if you help me climb down, i'll offer you 100 rupees." He manages to climb halfway down and prays again, "God help me climb down, i'll offer you fifty rupees. when the man touches the ground he thinks, I climbed the tree myself and got down myself, why should I offer anything to God?
What is faith, in whom is that faith rested when we pray, is it to God or is the prayer really meant to invoke our own faith in the world and in ourselves. Prayer brings peace and strength, faith brings hope. Moving mountains literally would be a miracle, metaphorically, a miracle too. A miracle is just a change of perception. Moving mountains maybe would just be a magic trick, metaphorically speaking, going ahead with all difficulties, overcoming life's obstacles, that is the real miracle, the answer to our prayer, the beacon of our faith.
In God we do trust, we pray to Him; but when our prayers seem to be unanswered, that is when faith is really tested. When nothing seems to be going right, yet we persist, live, with hope, it's when the human spirit is tested.
There's an anecdote that depicts the conflicts of faith and prayer. A man climbs a tree to collect forage. Having climbed up, he is unable to come down. He prays to God, "God if you help me climb down, i'll offer you 100 rupees." He manages to climb halfway down and prays again, "God help me climb down, i'll offer you fifty rupees. when the man touches the ground he thinks, I climbed the tree myself and got down myself, why should I offer anything to God?
What is faith, in whom is that faith rested when we pray, is it to God or is the prayer really meant to invoke our own faith in the world and in ourselves. Prayer brings peace and strength, faith brings hope. Moving mountains literally would be a miracle, metaphorically, a miracle too. A miracle is just a change of perception. Moving mountains maybe would just be a magic trick, metaphorically speaking, going ahead with all difficulties, overcoming life's obstacles, that is the real miracle, the answer to our prayer, the beacon of our faith.
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