10/24/2004

we know you trust jess, and we know you have faith in god, can you compair and contrast the two? how is faith in a person all that different then faith in a god? do we need faith? is faith and trust more alike or different?
andrea

something you'll notice about v3nt is that i never capitalize. this is not laziness; there is a very good reason, and it stems from my bipolar. but i'm not going to get into that right now. the reason i bring it up is that i capitalize only for one thing: God. it's not "god," it's "God."

glad i got that out of the way.

now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

according to the Bible (and many people, i'd think), faith is basically believing in what you can't know for sure. that's why it's called faith: according to dictionary.com's definition, "(1) confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. (2) belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence." this is pretty straightforward. i believe in God because i have His promises in His Word - the Bible - but i have no proof of Him (as the Christian God) outside of the Bible itself (there are, of course, proofs of God's existence - as a supreme being - in nature, etc, but i digress).

then we get into Christianity's specific definition of faith. the one i gave you up there is the general one. the one that applies to Christians who are more mature in their faith digs a little deeper. i won't touch on that unless you want to hear it.

conversely, i don't have faith in jess or her love for me. i have trust in her. dictionary.com's definition of trust is "(1) firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing." it can be argued that they're pretty much the same thing, but you usually put trust in something when you can prove that it's trustworthy. jess and i became good friends long before we went out; we went out for two years before i proposed. our relationship is one built out of hard work, dedication, and frustration (mostly at me).

that probably made no sense. i need sleep. i'll re-read it tomorrow and fix it if it's crap.

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