One of my favorite metaphors for faith is the tunnel. I go into a tunnel and there’s a point of no return where I can’t see the entrance to the tunnel anymore. My only choice is to continue going on in the darkness even though I can’t see the exit to the tunnel. I just have to have faith that if I continue going there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.
It isn’t a perfect metaphor. I also believe faith is like walking a tightrope and it’s like floating in water. Faith is like many of the challenges I face in life. Or maybe it’s the other way around? Many things in my life are like the faith I have in God.
The point of this blog wasn’t about figuring out how to have faith. I’ve always had faith. The point of this blog was about how faith helped me to understand life and meet the challenges that I face in living my life.
When I say that faith is like a tunnel, it isn’t because faith is a dark tunnel that I must go through. It’s because life has so many dark tunnels that I have to go through and my faith give me the strength to face them. When I say faith is like walking a tightrope, it isn’t because I feel like my faith is constant challenge, it’s because I’m never going to be perfect in my life and my faith tells me that God accepts me as I am and that I am perfectly flawed as He made me. When I say faith is like floating in water, it isn’t because I feel like I am barely keeping my faith. It’s because my faith tells me when I struggle in life, I need to let go and give my worries in life to God. The metaphor for faith isn’t about how life describes faith; it’s about how faith helps me understand my struggle through life.
I’ve never doubted that God existed, but I’ve doubted myself and my life more times than I want to admit. Thank God my faith and my God have saved me.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
