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| O Divine Physician, grant us your healing! |
Faith is many things. It is a virtue and it is a gift from God. It is something to hold on to and use, to keep and to share. It is what makes us the people we are in the eyes of the world; it's our identity. There are a few things to add about it. Faith is not blind; it sees and acknowledges things that are wrong, whether those things are outside of us or within us. Faith can falter and we can ask what it is we believe in. Faith can be seen as assenting to a list of things, events, occasions, or words. Still in all, faith is trust in something. In the case of a Christian, it is trust in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who redeemed us, forgives us, and continues to be with us.
The little poster above (I don't know what else to call it.) reminds us that even we feel nothing, we can be faithful in giving our trust to God. Feelings come and go, dependent on mood, health, and the weather. Faith as a choice and a response to God's power in our lives need not change with rain or crankiness.
After all, God's grace does not change because of those things. We base our dedication to God, first and foremost, on God's dedication to us!
I just found out that today - May 12th - is International Nurses Day. It would be worthwhile for us to remember nurses, doctors, technicians, PSW's, EMT'S, volunteers, and all others who work with people in their illness and distress. Here is a prayer we can all join in on. (It's from the Lutheran Church in India. Christians make up about 3% of the population of India and roughly 30% of nurses in India are Christians.)
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