Faith and Belief

Faith and Belief: Faith is bigger than the evidence: Someone once defined faith as believing in spite of the evidence that indicates failure.  A friend of mine recently had his business all but wiped out by a theft, which cleaned out his inventory. Through some oversight, his  insurance did not cover the stock, leaving him with an empty warehouse. I came to know of my friend's dilemma that he was virtually out of business. You must admit, the evidence of being totally wiped out is rather over-whelming.  But not in my friend’s mind. His attitude is, “This is the way l started, and I will start the very same way again." This condition would drive many away, but his faith is much stronger than the evidence.  What about you? Is there evidence in your life holding you back from going ahead, from starting again? It would be impossible to estimate the number of people who are held back because they allow the evidence to overwhelm them. On the other hand, you could easily recount the number of people who were once faced with impossible odds and succeeded because of one single piece of evidence in their favor: FAITH. They would have done it, no matter how great the odds were against them. The people in that category felt it would be better to try and not succeed than to not have tried at all. This explosive power of faith in oneself has a domino effect. It knocks over any number of obstacles and picks up momentum as it moves forward.  My friend proved, once again, that all of us are bigger than the evidence that indicates failure. You can prove this to yourself when you decide to move forward toward one obstacle at a time, and with a strong faith, you will increase the possibility of winning. A man of courage is also full of faith. We can let circumstances rule us or we can take Charge and rule our lives from within.