Proof versus Faith
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In my novel The Lost Stones, the main character, Ammon Rogers, is facing a dilemma many of us face in our lives. You see, he is trying to develop faith but is trying to do it by amassing proof first. As the story goes on, Ammon eventually learns that it doesn’t work that way. Faith comes from letting go and trusting in something greater than yourself and not by clearing away obstacles bit by bit, like solving a mathematics equation. Faith is an action word. He also learns that, ultimately, faith is stronger than proof because it emanates from the heart and not from the head. Saints would die for their beliefs long before a scientist would.
This is an important lesson for all of us to consider whether we are religious or not. Many times the thing we need the most faith in is ourselves. This is especially true when it come to writing.
Since The Lost Stones was published, I have had so many people confide in me that they would love to write a book but don’t think they could pull it off. Others have said that they have written a book but they haven’t done anything with the manuscript. I firmly believe that all of these people lack faith in themselves and are waiting for some sign from above that will tell them that it is ok to proceed with their plans. Maybe, they think, the ghost of Charles Dickens will come down and bop them on the head with an original manuscript of A Christmas Carol or something like that. I don’t know.
There is no way to prove in advance that you can achieve your goal to write or be published. You just have to let go of your fear and doubt, and go for it! Are you going to be rejected? Most likely. I don’t know an author personally or by reputation who doesn’t have a few rejection letters to their name. Many of them wear them like badges of honor. It didn’t stop them. Don’t let it stop you.
So, in the end, the advice I always give to people is to hang in there and don’t give up on your dreams and goals. Maybe it will happen and maybe it won’t, but all of us, like Ammon in The Lost Stones, need to discover that first comes the faith, then comes the proof.
http://darlenesbooknook.blogspot.com/
In my novel The Lost Stones, the main character, Ammon Rogers, is facing a dilemma many of us face in our lives. You see, he is trying to develop faith but is trying to do it by amassing proof first. As the story goes on, Ammon eventually learns that it doesn’t work that way. Faith comes from letting go and trusting in something greater than yourself and not by clearing away obstacles bit by bit, like solving a mathematics equation. Faith is an action word. He also learns that, ultimately, faith is stronger than proof because it emanates from the heart and not from the head. Saints would die for their beliefs long before a scientist would.
This is an important lesson for all of us to consider whether we are religious or not. Many times the thing we need the most faith in is ourselves. This is especially true when it come to writing.
Since The Lost Stones was published, I have had so many people confide in me that they would love to write a book but don’t think they could pull it off. Others have said that they have written a book but they haven’t done anything with the manuscript. I firmly believe that all of these people lack faith in themselves and are waiting for some sign from above that will tell them that it is ok to proceed with their plans. Maybe, they think, the ghost of Charles Dickens will come down and bop them on the head with an original manuscript of A Christmas Carol or something like that. I don’t know.
There is no way to prove in advance that you can achieve your goal to write or be published. You just have to let go of your fear and doubt, and go for it! Are you going to be rejected? Most likely. I don’t know an author personally or by reputation who doesn’t have a few rejection letters to their name. Many of them wear them like badges of honor. It didn’t stop them. Don’t let it stop you.
So, in the end, the advice I always give to people is to hang in there and don’t give up on your dreams and goals. Maybe it will happen and maybe it won’t, but all of us, like Ammon in The Lost Stones, need to discover that first comes the faith, then comes the proof.
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