Faith--An Uncomfortable Silence

Walking by Faith

I have little faith in carrot seeds.  Tiny and thin they just disappear into the soil which by comparison seems like boulders.  You cover them over, sprinkle on a little water, and hope that the water neither uncovers or permanently buries them.  And then you wait.

You walk into the office or you hit the send button.  There goes another job application into HR or Cyberspace if you please.  It feels the same in either case.  You filled the fields and submitted it to the powers that govern job granting.  And then you wait.

You did your research.  You have the basic facts, and now you face the paper or screen.  Somehow your mind has to shape all these bits of seemingly unrelated information into pleasing prose.  You take a breath.  And then you wait.

I call this moment of uncomfortable silence--faith.  You believed a thing just outside the realm of the believable, doable, or obtainable.  You acted on that belief with the commitment of money, time, or energy.   All the ingredients for faith pudding now sit in the bowl.  Now you wait because everyone knows the proof is in the pudding.  There it sits all liquid and all quiet staring up up at you.

Boom!!!  It instantly congeals.  Looking back, I wonder why I always have this silent faith-stretching  moment no matter how many times I see a thing done.  The carrots sprouted.  A job came.  The old mind once again pulled together some prose.  The pudding solidified.

 I just possibly have a weak faith circuit.  Tel me, I can take it.  Do you suffer regular doubts about pudding?  You do?  Possibly the guy or gal who designed this life system knew that foregone conclusions get just a bit boring.  If I knew for certain the outcome of every single event, would life have any mystery, wonder or beauty in it?

The things beyond my grasp, control, or ability make life worthwhile and, yes, uncomfortable.

So why the picture of the foot?   Walking by faith, get it?  Actually,  I just thought it might get you to read the post.  Now that's faith!!!  Love you Reader.