How many times in life do we see or hear of someone trying to "fix" a situation? Countless. Perhaps that is because we believe life should be smooth, and when it is not, it is up to us to "fix" it.
We bring that same attitude to our life of faith. Faith should bring comfort, should bring peace, should make life "easy". After all, we believe. But faith doesn't remove all difficulties in life. The road of faith is full of rocks, bumps, confusion and darkness. Does that mean we are lacking in faith? Far from it. But if our goal is to "fix" things when they are rough, then we will do the same in our life of faith. When we do, we miss the gifts waiting for us in that bump, that roughness, that confusion and darkness.
Sometimes the things that happen to us are "messages" for us to hear. If we look at them as problems, we will miss the message. To see them as message means to stop the flow, take stock, listen, be still, and ponder. It means to examine the problem or difficulty, and self-reflect. In fact, no true faith can exist without self-reflection.
Faith is not the ticket to heaven, love is. Faith is the ability for you and me to transform a very tangible, worldly point of view into one of insight, depth and knowledge of the spiritual world. We will fail to achieve that insight if our attitude is geared to "fixing" all life's problems. Some problems exist to teach us something about ourselves. When looked at from this angle, we can see the opportunities we have to open our souls to greater spiritual vision. And spiritual vision, that is faith.
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