To envision the
possibility of God: the fourth faith
characteristic listed in Alton’s letter invites us to think of the time man
first believed. What individual or group
first envisioned the possibility of God?
Perhaps that first envisioning designated and understood God as Creator,
Designer, Defender, Healer, Controller, or Eternal. Observing that man often prays in tight
spots, the envisioning of God may have come as a response to the question: to
whom am I praying? In prayer there is
the perception and belief that we are not merely talking to ourselves but
addressing a higher power. There is humility
to prayer that recognizes one’s own limits and vulnerabilities. There is an assumption that somewhere one
cares for us. At some point the
essential understanding developed that God is love giving us a relationship
with a higher power and a responsibility to love others as well. Faith is to envision the possibility (not
proof) of God. The only proof we have to
show of God is our core belief that he exists.
It is a certainty in belief that is called faith.
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