Faith, exactly what is it.  I wish gaining faith were as easy as buying it from a fast food menu.  Unfortunately, it's not at all that easy, belive me I've been there and tried that.  Perhaps not the fast food approach, but I enjoy walking through Christian stores. I like looking over all of the Bibles and coffee mugs and ties, there is a certain sense of peace walking though those stores.  I also enjoy, or should I say love celebrating Christmas and Easter, after all, are those not the holidays of buying!

I don't think I am alone with the perception that a person can "buy" faith. Why cant we? If we go to Church on Sunday we put a few dollars in the collection, isn't that "buying" your faith? It's so easy to buy a Christian fish for your car or a set of Rosary Beads to keep in your glove box as I have done. I am discovering more and more each day that "faith" is something that I have to really work at. I have to work at being open to God and his will. I have to say yes to whatever He is willing to give me. I have to read the manual he left for us. Through the bible and opening my heart and soul to God I think I can eventually discover the true meaning of faith.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not;
In all your ways be mindful of him, and he will make straight your paths.

This reading really says a lot, listen to God and what he is telling you, do not listen to your mind. Your mind can easily be skewed by your surroundings. I am sure most would agree that if you surround yourself with negative people, you will think negative thoughts. Clear your mind and let God do the thinking for you.

Mark 10:15
Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.

Again, open your heart, mind and soul.  Discover the need for God without question. I see this in my children, my two year old will say every night at the dinner table, "Thank you God, Daddy home". She speaks to God as if he is sitting right there next to her. She has so much faith for being only two years old and at my age I struggle so hard with it. Discover the need for God, talk to God as if you were a child, do not question yourself or have doubt. Put down the newspaper, wipe the dust from the cover of your bible and thumb through it. Look to Psalm 27 and put your "Faith" in God.