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The faith we have is enough
God gives us everything needed to forward our progress and well-being.
If you ever feel that your faith is too small, or even completely lacking, take heart. Even Jesus’ disciples—those who had not only witnessed his amazing healing works but received his direct teaching and guidance—often grappled with a lack of faith. Calling attention to their deficit of trust in God, Jesus admonished them, “O ye of little faith” (see, for instance, Matthew 8:26).
One day this apparent rebuke spoke to me less as a reprimand and more as a gentle reminder to trust the faith in God that I already had, no matter how small it seemed. It was saying to me, “You have a little faith. Now just trust it and use it.” This inspired thought was consistent with Jesus’ teaching on the occasion when he assured his followers, “If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you” (Matthew 17:20).
His emphasis on the size of the seed is noteworthy, since a mustard seed is particularly tiny. From this it can be deduced that even a minuscule faith in God, Spirit, is still infinitely greater—and truer—than any aspect of the erroneous belief that life is material. It’s like a scale in which any faith on the side of divine Spirit outweighs faith in materiality—from which springs trouble in the form of illness, lack, and turmoil. Even a grain of faith on God’s side has more genuine substance and power than all the doubts and fears that inevitably accompany reliance upon a material sense of existence. The choice of where to place our faith is ours to make.
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January 20, 2025 &
January 27, 2025
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Editorial
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The power of love
Lisa Rennie Sytsma
Articles
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The faith we have is enough
Karen Neff
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In all simplicity
Carolyn M. Hook
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Staff and rod
Doris Ulich
- Image and Inspiration
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Protected from wildfire
Esther Lambertson
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See the real identity behind the mask
Name Withheld
Teens
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Finding my way back to Christian Science
Avery Stewart
Healings
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Persistent prayer reveals that sight is spiritual
Felix Droß
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Financial mix-up resolved
Joyce Dygert
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Difficulty overcome during birth
Catherine de Jocas
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Healing of a burn
Nilda Maria Alves
Letters & Conversations
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Letters & Conversations
Diane Collins, Kim Hixson, Richard Arlen, Terry Suarez