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How big is your faith?
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How big is your faith? That's a question I recently presented to some children.
I asked my Junior High students in Sunday School to rank their level of faith that God will, and can, do anything on a level of 1-10. As you expect, many of them said they were at an "8" or "7".
Then, I wrote Matthew 17:20 on the board and showed them actual mustard seeds. They had a small bowl with one tiny mustard seed in it.
"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain 'Move from here to there' and it would move'".
After showing them the mustard seed, and giving them their own seed, we talked about the verse in the Gospel of Matthew. THEN, I asked them to rate their level of faith again. As you can imagine, many dropped to "2" or "3".
In his book "Saints who raised the Dead", Fr. Albert J. Hebert speaks about over 400 incidents where Saints raised the dead. They also, according to the promises of God, healed the blind, caused the mute to speak, caused the deaf to hear, and much more.
In Matthew 10 we see Jesus give authority to the disciples to heal every disease and sickness, drive out demons, and more. Is it too far fetched to think they also had the power, through their faith in Christ, to bring the dead back to life?
These are resurrection miracles that have deep documentation and cannot be disproved.
I wonder....have we put God in a box? Do we put him in a box where he snugly fits during the hour or so of Mass?
Do we REALLY believe anything is possible with the God that created everything? Or, do we let the 'reason' and 'logic' of modern day dispel the notion that God is still God and God is still all powerful?
Let me ask you.....where does your faith rank on a scale of 1-10? Are you moving mountains or are you doing good to kick a stone on Sunday?
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Amelia Monroe Carlson graduated from the University of North Alabama with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism. Being raised as a Methodist during her early years, it was not until she entered college where she began to take her faith seriously. She was baptized as a Southern Baptist in Muscle Shoals, AL and began immediately serving in international missions and in the church.
During college, she became the Co-founder of an International Ministry, where she spent time traveling and speaking to church groups and in large conferences. She authored a Bible study and traveled abroad on mission work. She sat on the Mid-South Interfaith Conferences in Mississippi, where she defended the faith and discussed beliefs with leaders of various religions.
After a business trip to Washington D.C., where she was introduced to a former Baptist who converted to the Catholic Church, she was placed on a journey to enter into the Catholic Church.
Amelia is a military wife and currently residents with her husband and daughter in Tennessee. She is a nine time award winning journalist, receiving press awards for various categories including investigative journalism, best news coverage, and best single feature. It is her desire to help Catholics, particularly Cradle Catholics, see the beauty in their faith which converts see and appreciate the fullness of truth which the Church has held and guarded throughout history. It is her desire all Catholics fall as much in love with Jesus as she is, and love the Church to a greater capacity than they could imagine.
Amelia taught PRE for 4-6 grade at St. Mary Catholic Church in Bolivar, Tennessee from 2014-2016. She served as Youth Director at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in Somerville, Tennessee in 2017-2018. She now teaches 7th grade (1st year Confirmation) PRE class at St. Philip. She's also a writer and frequent podcast guest on Our Warpath.
She has a strong devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Francis de Sales, St. Padre Pio and St. Maximilian Kolbe.
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