Faith is defined by my Webster’s Dictionary as, “Complete acceptance of a truth which cannot be proved by process of logical thought.”

Faith by itself may not seem logical but it must have a foundation on which you can rely. That foundation must be built on logic. If it is not, emotion, which can be very persuasive in this debate, will have a definitive influence and your belief system can be discarded by others as based on feelings and speculation. If the foundation is built on a premise of logical thought, then the areas that do require real faith are easier to reconcile.

Think of someone who you trust implicitly, someone who when they speak you always tend to believe. When they joke with you, you always see the smile in their eyes and when they are serious that look prevails. If that person walked into your house, had that look of seriousness on their face and said, “The sky just turned purple.” what would your response be as you followed them back outside?

If your foundation was strong, based on years of trust and understanding, no matter what the logical mind was suggesting, you would be thinking, “How could this be?” and not “There is no way.”

Logic would dictate that you check for yourself but your faith would lead you to believe your friend. You have no reason to have that sort of faith in me but I have seen a sky that can only be defined as purple during a Midwest thunder storm. With that explanation your logical brain probably can wrap around the idea where it’s not tough to picture a purple sky. But whether told by a trusted friend or by someone unknown, like me, you most likely want to check it out for yourself. Faith is built up by information on a topic, or by a source, being continually proven true.

From: “The Quest for Spiritual Truth” by Randal S. Kinkade copyright 2007