Martin Schiller is one of the students in my Creative Writing class. I want to share with you
this beautiful poem he wrote:

Faith By Martin Schiller © 2/29/09

Faith is a state of mind.
It is the line between believing in….and knowing that there is a God.
Faith is having that inner strength to trust in God when all is lost.
Faith is that hidden voice that says “Thank You God” at seeing the sun slip into the sea.
Faith is the bridge between pessimism and optimism.
It is a grandmother’s certainty in her progeny’s talents.
Faith is the bond between a dream and success.
Faith is that short distance between “I can” and “I cannot”.
It is that glow in a mother’s eyes at the first sight of her new-born baby
Faith is a mother’s conviction in her child’s ability.
Faith is that glue that holds a family together.
Faith spans the distance between disaster and triumph.
It is the pathway that leads from self-doubt to victory.
Faith is that inner voice that says “Hold-on!”
Faith means to join the robin in its morning song.
Faith is watching your baby take its first steps.
Faith is the arrow to tomorrow when the load today is too hard to tow.
Faith means to await the morning sun during a violent storm.
Faith is to bask in a mother’s embrace after being hurt.
It is to awe at the universe when we gaze at the stars.
Faith means to trust in your anchor in times of distress.
Faith means to trust in someone, or something, bigger than you.

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