Holding Fast...to Faith

Thomas Aquinas Quote:
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
 To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

The cares of life could kill us without faith’s kind confidence

Though ‘substance of things hoped for’ wears no concrete evidence

And cannot satisfy the eye with tactile clarity

Still, truth abides, a steadfast guide faith feels but cannot see

Nothing is greater than our God from whence all blessings pour

Though elephants of Unbelief are too large to ignore

Still, faith clings to The Evidence Unseen that none can steal

While prodigals stoke sorrows that this old world cannot heal

Life’s skein of joy and grief threads longing’s loom with prayer-scarred strings

They weave through parts that tug at hearts and hugs and tear-stained things

To comfort us when words and touch are like salt in a cut

And love alone is not enough to rectify Doubt’s ‘but’…

Where we would all be lost but for the faith to Just Believe

And let the Holy Spirit His profound purpose achieve

And we would all need evidence to prove what none can see

Without repentance and a heart of meek humility

Where care of life would kill us without God’s kind confidence

For ‘substance of things hoped for’ grants no concrete evidence

It will not satisfy the doubting eye with clarity

But waits until faith holds fast to what only God can see

© Janet Martin