Faith Goggles

Do you remember those puzzles they used to make (I don't know maybe still do) that the words were blurred into the background and you could only read them clearly if you put that red plastic thing over it? That's the way I sometimes think of faith. Like, having faith is a means to understand the mysteries of God and of living in this world. I was looking at a 3D movie without the special glasses, but I put on my faith goggles and suddenly I can see. My best friend's husband just got contacts. (He finally realized that there are probably letters on road signs - sorry, Carter) It has been kind of funny to watch him "see" everything now. He said it feels like his eyes got HD. It wasn't that he couldn't see before but now everything is clear. Now it looks like it should. He sees what the rest of us see.

Is this the job of faith? When we view faith as the special goggles that make life completely understandable what do we do when we just can't make sense of loss, tragedy, and unthinkable disaster. Have we lost faith? Or worse has it failed us? I like simple answers. I thrive on complicated questions, but I want simple answers. I like to understand. But faith is not a pair of magical goggles that makes everything clear. "Faith is the evidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1) Yes, faith in Jesus Christ and our relationship with God through His death and resurrection allow us to be filled with knowledge and wisdom, but until our salvation is perfected in glory we can never really make out all the letters on the chart under that big E. Do not be discouraged by life's blurrier moments, let them spur us to hope because of faith.