From The Inside Out Mag.
For Personal Healing, Spiritual Growth & Development

Faith has been put to task in most religions and requires you to have faith blindly. There is no tangible, tactile or physical backing for this faith, but you are asked to have it completely. It has been stated that if you have as much faith as a grain of sand you could move mountains. Christianity is based on faith in a savior, that if you have complete faith in him then you will be granted immediate access to heaven, as all your worldly sins will be forgiven. Islam promotes faith in Allah, the Supreme Being, and that Muhammad was a prophet who was given the message of the Quran from the angel Gabriel. That all who believe in Allah and follow the teachings of the Quran will be given a place in heaven. Buddhism is based on faith, which then transcends into the spiritual awakening of the soul. The Native Americans were extremely faith based. They may not have been what European culture expected, but they had extreme faith in Mother Earth and the Gods and Goddesses who ruled the earth to provide for them what they needed. Unfortunately, their faith in some ways was their downfall.

 I personally have seen faith at work. I am fortunate in that I had a near death experience as a young child, of which I have written about in my article “Believe”, and due to this experience my faith in the spiritual world has been unrelenting. I have also been involved with prayer groups who have, through the power of faith overcome great obstacles both emotional and physical.

Faith gets us through some of the toughest times in our lives. Faith allows people to pass on to the other side without fear and anxiety. Faith helps the struggling young family to cope with life and the uncertainties of the future. Faith can help us heal ourselves and others. Faith is mankind’s way of dealing with almost any situation. Without spiritual faith, life would be certainly unbearable.

It doesn’t matter what faith you are or what you believe. Faith is all encompassing. In my travels I have attended faith gatherings of many different religions and the one commonality is they all have faith in a supreme being, something greater than themselves. They all have faith that this life is not for nothing and we will move on to a better place once our time here on earth is done. They all have faith that through love, understanding and doing deeds for the greater good their faith will be enhanced and rewarded.

Without faith where would we be today? Most civilizations were developed due to one faith or the other. Even in countries that are considered savage and undeveloped they have a faith. They believe in a God or many Gods and have faith that they will provide for them.

In today’s society, we hear a lot about faith, there are preachers on TV who claim they can heal through faith, and there are those who take advantage of people’s faith. But nonetheless, faith abounds. Our faith in faith is unrelenting. Without faith we would be lost.

Faith is one reason we have developed Enchancedfaith.com. We want Enchancedfaith.com to be a place where all souls can come together. We promote “Believing is the Key”, that no belief system is right or wrong as long as you have faith

Jo Phelps, has been an ordained minister since 1999 with the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational interfaith that promotes equality of all beliefs. She has created Enhancedfaith.com out of her desire to provide a web presence where all souls can gather, "Where Believing is the Key".

Comments(1):

1. Enjoyed reading this!

   Sunday, August 22, 2010 JoAnn