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Daily Question, November 17

What does my doubt teach me about my faith?

  • Antoinette

    My faith teaches me to watch for my doubt and ask questions like : are you sure ?

  • Malag

    Doubt can be a realist, or an underminer. The trick for me is to notice which may be useful to heed.

  • Ose

    to be still and to love.

  • devy
    I have doubt at times that the human race will persevere and survive considering how much we are destroying Mother Earth as well as killing ourselves. I can dream about what the perfect world would be like where we respect each other get along , stop warring and make positive strides to improve the environment. The reality is that this will probably never happen. This is putting more emphasis for me on what life is about, having faith about myself and what will greet me when my time is up. Becau...

    I have doubt at times that the human race will persevere and survive considering how much we are destroying Mother Earth as well as killing ourselves. I can dream about what the perfect world would be like where we respect each other get along , stop warring and make positive strides to improve the environment. The reality is that this will probably never happen. This is putting more emphasis for me on what life is about, having faith about myself and what will greet me when my time is up. Because I believe that everything in the universe is connected, I will continue on through even if mankInd no longer exists. Other animals will rebound. Perhaps a new braver humankind will follow who treats everything with respect and love after realizing how the previous humans destroyed themselves. Perhaps love and compassion will overcome greed and hate.

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  • Pilgrim

    This doesn’t answer the question, but Oh My Gosh, that picture on the question page gave me a huge smile today. Thanks!!

  • Lioness

    That I am constantly learning and that I am on a journey.

  • Awesomepossum

    That I need one or the other:
    Patience
    More faith

  • Don Jones

    The whole problem with the world is fools and fanatics are so certain, yet the wise so full of doubts.

  • Melissa

    That I am human and if I doubt I examine the doubt and see if it has merit. If not I explore it more deeply. In the end that which is unexplainable is left for me to keep having faith or not. Sometimes time will tell with patience about my faith. Sometimes just what my inner deep down heart and soul tells me is what I follow with trust.

  • Vincent-Edward Ciliberti
    I just cannot not comment about this question. I guess doubting is human and we tend to doubt quite a bit about God's existence. Whether God exists or not. I can only speak for myself especially when I watch what a crooked world we live in, the starvation, children dying, abortion and a multiple other issues. Of course there is goodness too, but still, I do at times doubt whether God really exists. It is only faith in believing that there must be a something, somebody, by far superior to us h...

    I just cannot not comment about this question. I guess doubting is human and we tend to doubt quite a bit about God’s existence. Whether God exists or not. I can only speak for myself especially when I watch what a crooked world we live in, the starvation, children dying, abortion and a multiple other issues. Of course there is goodness too, but still, I do at times doubt whether God really exists. It is only faith in believing that there must be a something, somebody, by far superior to us humans. We all understand that nobody has ever seen or come across God. Nobody has died and returned to tell us what there is on the other side after we die. It is only faith that I possess and that is thanks to my parents and the society I was brought up in. “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” So many very examples were written which are still valid nowadays.

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  • Ms. Awesome

    My doubt teaches me that I can always return through prayer I can also start over daily and renew my faith as being a Catholic just cements my belief!! I am suffering at present time from dryness in my prayers and obligations to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ !!

  • Mica

    Does my doubt teach me about my faith?

  • Marilyn

    My doubt teaches me to trust in hope. It forces me to make a different choice in my thinking which puts me on a better track. But this is a practice and it will take time to develop.

  • Linda

    To have faith in my intuition. So often in the past I have ignored it to my detriment. I am much more open to listening and following those inner promptings these days.

  • Mark Piper

    Doubt teaches me that my faith, at present, is strong but not indefatigable. I think doubt also teaches that my faith is still living, growing, questioning, and more often than not open to the spirit and signs of the time and not just a blind, closed-off, static faith.

  • Javier Visionquest

    Patience is the greater part of wisdom. Given a long enough interval, we’re shown that everything works out over time.

  • Papilio
    Our church shifted from in-person worship service to online eight months ago. We have been restricted from visiting the shut-ins and sicks. For the time being, my yoga and meditation practices filled the void in my mind. I started wondering what is good for a congregational church to exist without any gathering. I was so tired of Zoom meetings. Then, a few days ago I received a call from our pastor, asking me to serve on the board of deacons again. I could have said NO easily since I just finish...

    Our church shifted from in-person worship service to online eight months ago. We have been restricted from visiting the shut-ins and sicks. For the time being, my yoga and meditation practices filled the void in my mind. I started wondering what is good for a congregational church to exist without any gathering. I was so tired of Zoom meetings. Then, a few days ago I received a call from our pastor, asking me to serve on the board of deacons again. I could have said NO easily since I just finished my last deacon duty 18 months ago. Strangely, because of my doubt, I decided to discern for a few days. It became clear to me that my doubt had grown in my mind just like mold in the basement while I have not taken any action other than following the restrictions. I decided to serve as a deacon again while I’m wrestling with my doubt.

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    • Lauryn

      To have faith in my abilities and in myself – to stop saying “I can’t” before I even try..

  • Zenith

    That I don’t have much. That I really trust myself. That I don’t trust leadership or other people much.

  • Rosemary

    It has taken me a lifetime to realize that doubt is the doorway to faith. As another writer posted here, faith is like a muscle that needs to be flexed. Doubt provides the opportunity. But until I made that connection, I ran in fear from the doubts that surrounded me. Little by little, I turn toward the doubt and step across its threshold, accompanied by faith.

  • DeVonna

    Faith is like a muscle, it must be used in order to strengthen. My doubts give me opportunity to exercise my faith.

    Faith is a choice.

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