The meaning of having faith

We’ve all heard people talk about having faith in God, but what does having faith and having faith in God really mean? Faith is the belief in something one cannot explicitly prove. It’s the belief in a higher power, the belief in an eternal, omniscient, and an omnipotent god. Having faith is having confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Faith is the result of believing in the Bible, in the Quran, and a Higher power. When we allow the reality of this belief to affect every part of our lives, it changes the way we think which changes the way we behave. This is the meaning of having faith.

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Suffering

Having faith does not mean that troubles won’t come. Every one of us, sooner or later, walks through hell. The hell of hurting someone or the hell of being hurt, the hell of cancer, the hell of divorce, the hell of a loved one in trouble, the hell of addiction, or the hell of grief. The point is to make your life worthy of your suffering. I believe there is profound power in the suffering we endure if we transform it into a more meaningful life. I am not glorifying or suggesting that the lessons we learn from pain are somehow worth the cost, but the truth is that most often for most people, real change is the result of real pain. They are able to survive and get through that real pain because of having faith in God.