Realism

Often I get up and wonder “what will I write about today?”  Yet for this one I lay in bed wondering how I could make it small enough and put in such a way I could post it.
Most of it is word fro word from a blog article I read yesterday. (“The Danger of “Realistic” Thinking Without Faith”)  But rather than being able to say “this is his article” I can only say “this is how I heard his article.”  I have changed some things but whole-heartedly agree with what was said.
I guess I was drawn to it because there seems to be a school of thought that implies having faith requires that I abandon realism and live in the fanciful.  To me nothing could be further from the truth.  There is a good chance that like everyone I have come across I have some “weirdness” but on the whole I like to think of myself as a fairly reasonable person not easily duped.
Faith for me must be born in realism but circumstances do not determine outcomes.
So I have made an executive decision.  This will be spread over a couple of days. They may or may not be consecutive days.  But my writing this has made it way longer than I allow for posts yet I felt it was important I explain where I was coming from.
Anyway I know for sure at least one person liked what was being said and that one person being me.
Everyone needs realism.  Denial helps no one, and ignoring reality only delays necessary decisions.
But there is a danger that often goes unnoticed.  Realism, when separated from faith, becomes limitation.  A statement may sound reasonable and contain a measure of truth.   But realism can become a ceiling with decisions shaped by caution and risk avoidance -  not because something is unwise, but because it feels uncertain.  Faith is not rejected - it is reduced.  Vision becomes smaller because expectations have been lowered - scepticism dressed in careful language.
To me, reality should never define limits.  The greater the challenge the greater the opportunity to trust what is trustworthy.
Anyway for all my going through the article and putting it in two parts the end has come way quicker than I imagined.
The bottom line for me is that faith is reasonable.  Context matters but the way something ends is determined by faith in someone faithful.
 

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