Day 7 – Where Do We Get Our Faith From?

Dr. Amanda Chan

6 months ago

Today we explore the roots of faith – not the concept of faith, but the source of it.

Because if we really sit with it, faith rarely comes from our experiences.
It doesn’t come from proof.
It doesn’t come from a long list of times we succeeded.

Think of a baby learning to walk.

They stand, wobble, fall.
Stand, wobble, fall.
Every single attempt ends the same way: on the ground.

If their faith were based solely on experience, they would stop.
Their track record would tell them, “You fail 100% of the time. Why try again?”

But they don’t stop.
They keep rising.

Why?

Because their faith is not coming from their past.
Their faith comes from their environment.
From the people around them who are walking, moving, living in the possibility they have not yet lived.

They see what is possible reflected back to them.
And that reflection becomes their faith.

Faith is relational.
Faith is mirrored.
Faith is borrowed before it becomes embodied.

As adults, we forget this.
We think we must rely entirely on our own evidence, our own history, our own accomplishments.

But the truth is this:

Faith often comes from witnessing what is possible in others.
From being held by people who believe in us.
From surrounding ourselves with expanders, not limiters.

Sometimes, the people around you carry the faith you don’t yet have.
Sometimes their belief in you fills the gap until your own belief strengthens.
Sometimes we learn to walk because we see others walking ahead of us.

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