"Doubt Is a Pain Too Lonely To Know That Faith Is His Twin Brother." Khalil Gibran Quote
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2007
by Susan Thom
Doubt is mistrust and indecision. What horrible emotions to have to feel and absorb. Whether you doubt yourself, or someone else, or a situation happening, it is a very lonely place to be. Why? Because you dont know what to do or say since you are doubting even yourself, and you are in a state of indecision, a very precarious place to be. There is no strength behind doubt. There is no faith behind indecision. Without faith and strength, your chances of coming to a reconciliation are few. Its like you are walking in quicksand, and you cant get out. The quicksand is your inner being, and the mind is the only thing that can pull you out.
Sometimes, it even helps to make a list of the pros and cons, and see how they match up. What will be the most beneficial to all concerned? If we have someone we can confide in and trust, we can ask their opinion. We can work out the different options in our head, and see what the outcomes of each will be.
Doubt does make you feel lonely, as if no one else knows what you are feeling or going through. You can be in a room filled with people, and feel alone. Your mind, racing in an attempt to figure out what to do. Thats what doubt will do to you.
However, if you have faith, and know who you are and what you want, the strength that comes with those feelings, can see you through. You will know that whatever the outcome, it will be in your best interest, and allow you to grow while on your journey through Earth. It might not be what you wanted, or you expected, but once the dust settles, it usually becomes apparent what the reason was.
Once this happens a few times, you know for the next time. Thats where your faith builds. A trust that a solution will be in your best interest. It can take a lot of worry out of our daily lives, if we focus on the concept of faith, and live accordingly. I, personally, seem to forget all I preach when a problem arises, and have to suffer for a while until it kicks in.
I go right to doubt first. Then as time goes on, and I get more and more disoriented and depressed, I remember faith, and I pray, and ask God and all my spirit family, my angels, Mary, and Jesus.
This helps, as it is intended to, in my opinion. My mom should be able to help me in her spirit form. And my dad and grandparents. My angels need to do their job for me. Mary and Jesus send their strength and clarity, and God knows the whole story, and whos going to do what. The puppeteer.
If it isnt a test, it sure as heck feels like it. What will we do? How will we handle ourselves?
Will their be darkness and doubt, or lightness and faith?
Many tests of courage in this lifetime of obstacles and problems to work through and answers to come up with. My kids know how I believe, in angels, and spirit connections and God and they thought I was nuts, but they have turned to God in their darkest hours. They have faith, I made sure of that. Its the only thing that will ever get you through.
My son rolled his truck twice, and I had to wait for him to get home with the tow truck. Thankfully, he wasnt hurt, and rather miraculously, too, I might add. There wasnt one part of that Chevy S10 that didnt have a scrape or a dent in it, and all the windows but the drivers side, imploded, and their was glass everywhere.
When he started walking up the walkway, and I was looking at the truck, I said, "You know God was with you?," and he said, "Dont you think thats the first thing I thought of?" That shows me he has absorbed what Ive always talked about. He will need to know God in his life, and faith. Doubt will only exercise his mind in trying to find an answer, which is fine, but we cant stay in doubt too long before it becomes depression. Hes a problem solver, Ill think hell be alright. I know he will as long as he has his faith.
For me, faith is the belief that a Higher Power exists, created us, loves us, and is just watching to see what well do down on Earth until we end our journeys here and begin them with Him. To doubt that is to live either in fear, or in non caring whats going to happen to you when you die.
I, personally, want to believe this is just a preparation for whats ahead.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Susan, I absolutley love your article and 100% agree with you. Although I was raised in a Christian family my faith could never have been stronger in the last year that i have read the bible and studied philosophies. I admire your strength and dedication and hope that 1 day i can maintain a level of faith that will leave doubt in the darkness. God Bless FaithPlease log in to respond to this comment.
hi faith, i am glad you liked my story. faith is pretty much the determining factor between us knowing fear, and living strongly in hope. thank you for reading and commenting, best regards, suePlease log in to respond to this comment.
Read the quote from my son's previous English teacher in Australia left on face book and did not quite understand it. Google searched and found your opinion.As a dad of 2 children, one 24 one 20, I had doubt of my children well being. It is really a lonely journey, seeing them safely through Universities and started again doubt about their future!..............May be only my wife is Christian and talk about have faith in God above. I am bought up in Catholic school and have silair spiritual teaching, but not the very unique thoughts of a Christian, I am not one myself and is living with this idea. hopefully I will put more faith in and less doubt in life! I am an educated paediatrian from UK medical school.Thanks for the thoughts on your article. It help.from Dr.Leslie KwongPlease log in to respond to this comment.Hi Dr. Kwong,sorry for the delay in my response.your welcome for the thoughts.my son is now on leave from the airforce for a few weeks, then off to Germany for a few years, and my daughter is going into the army on october 20th. my youngest will be repeating a couple of classes he failed so he can graduate high school. life is hard, but maybe we make it harder than it is? it seems all i do is worry. trying to fix that with the thoughts i put in, or allow to get into my brain. sometimes it works :)thank you for reading and responding.my best regards,suePlease log in to respond to this comment.
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