Faith Works Wonders

 Faith is seeing with the eyes of the mind. Even as we have two physical eyes with which we see the wonderful physical world around us — trees, flowers, streams, hills, dales, forests, stars and sky — even so, with the eyes of faith, we can perceive goodness, peace and joy all around us. It has been said that faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible. When fear knocks on the door of your heart, send faith to open it and you will be free from distress. Faith is believing that God loves you. God loves each and every one of us. He has a plan for us. He will provide for all our needs. On the pathways of life, we face different types of weather, including stormy and smooth, wild and mild. We come face-to-face with difficulty and danger, disease and death. We feel frightened. If only we cultivate the faith that such experiences come to us not without a purpose, we need never be afraid. Seek refuge in the Supreme. Though storms howl and darkness grows deeper, His light will continue to shine on us. He is a friend. He is the all-loving one whose ears are ever attentive to the prayers of His children. And if He does not answer some prayers, realise that it is not because He cannot do them, but because He knows that they are not for our good. A philosopher was once asked by a king, “Who is the happiest man in the world?” Pat came the answer, “He who is closest to God.” “And how may we get closer to God?” the king wanted to know. “Through the practice of silence,” he was told.