"Seeing the sun, the moon and the stras, I said to myself: who could be the Master of these beautiful things? And I felt a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage...".
St. Josephine Bakhita
"Seeing the sun, the moon and the stras, I said to myself: who could be the Master of these beautiful things? And I felt a great desire to see him, to know him and to pay him homage...".
St. Josephine Bakhita
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Believing is an important first step but believing without acting on the belief is not different from not believing. Faith provides the courage to act on one’s beliefs as you have done.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Ephesians Chapter 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
A man dies and goes to heaven
Of course, St. Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates.
St. Peter says, "Here's how it works. You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the good things you've done, and I give you a certain number of points for each item, depending on how good it was. When you reach 100 points, you get in."
"Okay," the man says, "I was married to the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on her, even in my heart."
"That's wonderful," says St. Peter, "that's worth three points!"
"Three points?" he says. "Well, I attended church all my life and supported its ministry with my tithe and service."
"Terrific!" says St. Peter. "That's certainly worth a point."
"One point!?!!" "I started a soup kitchen in my city and worked in a shelter for homeless veterans."
"Fantastic, that's good for two more points," he says.
"Two points!?!! "Exasperated, the man cries.
At this rate the only way I'll get into heaven is by the grace of God."
"Bingo, 100 points! Come on in!"
What, exactly, is the difference between “uncommitted belief” and “committed belief”?
You say it doesn’t take much to be a believer. What is the mechanism that can make someone believe something one day, which was to them unbelievable, the previous day?
How does one test an individual, so that it can be determined by others, that someone believes something, or they just say they do?