“To hear with my heart. To see with my soul. To be guided by a hand I cannot hold. To trust in a way that I cannot see. That’s what faith must be.”
These words are from Michael Card’s song entitled “That’s What Faith Must Be.” Mr. Card is a Christian singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host, and he wrote this song early in his musical ministry. I appreciate the simple and yet profound way he describes faith.
Each of us has a heart and a soul given to us by our Creator. For me, hearing with our hearts is listening to our inner voice, trying to discern its guidance for each of us as unique individuals with unique callings. And seeing with our souls is our noticing and being thankful for that guidance as it comes to us through our intuition, dreams, and synchronicities. And also through people in our lives and our interactions with them; our surroundings, including the beauties of nature; and the ways we choose to spend time.
Faith involves living according to truths that cannot be readily proved or concretely set forth. It is trusting in our inner guidance and trying to follow that guidance without knowing where it will lead us; thus, trusting in a way we cannot see. There are times when the choices we make as we try to live by faith are not understood or accepted by other people, including people we are close to. Despite the discomfort or sadness this may cause, we continue on because we know in our heart and in our soul it is how we should live.