Belief and faith. Belief is often said to mean faith but one person may believe a thing and have faith in it, while another believes the same thing but has no faith in it. You can believe a man is a plumber but have no faith in him or trust him to do your plumbing. Faith cannot be made a verb. We can say I think, I believe, I know, I trust and I hope, but we can only have faith. It is a possession, something to be gained. It is often used to mean belief but you can believe something but have no faith in it. When you do or follow something faithfully, you do so to the letter. Faith is an absolute. Its absence is a real absence. Belief and faith are completely different but essentially connected. Believing is not having faith and having faith is not believing. Belief with corresponding action is called faith. But you cannot have faith without first believing something. You cannot believe something without first receiving information. All people believe one way or the other. Believing is an integral part of our make-up. All our decisions are made because of what we believe. The act of believing in something is a choice. A very, very powerful choice! The choices we make in life are based on what we believe. The reason we make choices is because we believe that was the best course of action to take. One thing that is very important to remember is that we often believe something that is not real, right or the truth. Believing is choosing to side with information. The belief you act upon is an act of faith. Example: I believe the government exists, but I dont have faith in the government.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 10:36:59 +0000
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