To Build Up Faith

God, please help me to build up my faith.

 

Let me understand that faith is not a blind acceptance,

but a certain and reasonable knowledge.

 

Not a gift bestowed upon favored people, but a

powerful conviction achieved through serious effort.

 

God, guide me to people who can encourage me in my

faith. (Thank You for such people.)

 

Lead me to books that will enlighten and enhance my

faith.  (Thank You for such books.)

 

Show me works both human and divine that prove that

You do exist and love us.  Open my eyes to your many wonders.

 

Free my cluttered and limited mind from its confusions.

Release it, refresh it, widen it so that into it may flow an

appreciation of your vast, shining, limitless intelligence,

(Thank You for that clearing and that comprehension now.)

 

Help me to practice my faith, for only through practice

can it grow in me.  Oh God, remind me to reach You

and understand You, and renew my faith through prayer.

AMEN

author Marjorie Holmes