Not Enough Faith

 

“Not enough faith!”

Of this many are accused

And it’s like, suit yourself:

Accept or refuse.

 

“Faith is a choice”

Is the impression I get,

You can turn it on or off

Or its time limit set.

 

I choose to believe

Or I choose to doubt

And when I get tired of it

I’ll throw it out.

 

One day I believe

The next day, no way

And so, my faith fluctuates

From day to day.

 

Nothing is constant

Except for change

And so, my faith is evolving,

Don’t think me strange.

 

While this may be so

For some I know,

A faith that is reasonable

Is the way to go.

 

This is the backdrop

That I wish to paint

As I flesh out the above

I find rather quaint.

 

This from a believer?

You may be stunned

But hear me out a little

Before off you run.

 

 

Not enough faith

To believe there’s no God

And that all that is, just happened,

I absolutely appall.

 

Not enough faith

To believe in evolution,

Something from nothing

Is an illusion.

 

When magicians do it

It is entertaining,

When scientists conjure up it

It is misinforming.

 

It takes far more faith

To believe such nonsense,

A design without a designer

Lacks commonsense.

 

 

Not enough faith

To believe like atheists do,

If there is no God

Then there is no you.

 

Thank God for faith

To believe that He exists

And that I do not qualify

To be an atheist.

 

If you’ve read this far

You now understand

Of atheism and evolution

I am not a fan.

 

It takes too much faith

To believe such

And “O me of little faith!”

I don’t have much.

 

Thank God it’s enough

To believe in Him

And to believe that in Jesus

I am saved from sin.

 

Not enough faith

To believe in evolution

But more than enough faith

To accept salvation.

 

Stewart Russell © April 16, 2024