Faith, first, involves a belief in someone rather than something. We are taught that faith involves a belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. As we grow in our faith, it is normal for us to have questions. “Is there really a God?” “Is Jesus really the Son of God?”. Asking these questions is not wrong. They are necessary and understandable and provide illustration about how our perspective of God is often incomplete. Opening our minds to a new view of God is necessary for us; a more mature view of God. As Father Link writes it is essential that we open our hearts to others in love because this is

Finally our perception of our faith involves an understanding of our relationship with God. As our faith grows, God will invite us to enter into a relationship of friendship with Him. The relationship has two elements. Jesus’ invitation of friendship and the freedom to accept His invitation. When we accept Jesus’ gift of friendship, we are accepting his gift of faith. God does not force His gift upon us. God respects our freedom to choose. Thus this aspect of growth is a “team effort: a mystery of gift (on God’s part) and of freedom (on our part). Our faith can also include dark periods in which it may disappear. The general nature of human beings can be the cause, we experience mood swings as part of everyday life. These periods may also be caused by us if we neglect our faith. These periods can also be the result of God’s desire to strengthen and deepen our faith. An example of how this may occur could be the growth in faith that we can experience due to the ill health of a loved one.

where we will find God. When I visited my grandfather for the first time after he had chemotherapy, I knew that when I saw him walking around like “his old self” that God was in his heart and his faith is what had sustained him. When I discovered that my grandfather has begun writing a book on his experience and how his faith has increased and enabled him to “get through” the past nine months, I realized then that God truly put all of here for a reason. Through human reasoning we also know God. By constantly comparing and contrasting that which we see with our relationship with God, we see the perfection of God. Comparing our friends to see who is a better friend is one example of this.

Throughout our lives, our faith is constantly growing and changing. We never reach a permanent state of faith. Our faith evolves as we go from childhood to adolescent to adult. Our faith journey includes questionin

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