Faith

Faith

What is this thing called faith?

Is it precise or undefinable?

Is it laser focused or diffuse?

Is it supposed to balance tense on the head of a pin or bob relaxed in a vast ocean?

Does it struggle to lock in on a target or aim in the general direction of the broad side of a barn?

Is it 20/20 or completely blind?

Should it visualize the goal already in hand or practice living without it?

Is it mustered up from within or accepted as a gift?

Does it play right into the hand or hard to get?

Should it feel available or elusive?

Is it a song or a shout or a whisper?

Does it beam steadily or swell over and over in waves?

Does it require a single grain or the whole massive mountain?

Does it name and claim or release?

Is it bold and brassy or timid on tiptoes?

Does it blast a trumpet or whistle in the dark?

Is it the reward itself or the means to the end?

Is it one in a million or the whole million?

Is it personal or common?

Does it feed five thousand and collect the leftovers or offer up five loaves and two fish?

Does it move mightily or hold very still?

Is it more like wishing or hoping or believing or knowing?

Is it the bringer of joy or joy itself?

Is it the answer to the question or the question that is the answer?

What is this thing called faith?

erinrms 4-16-2020