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First of all, remember that if the questions are important to you they are important to God. Often when we doubt, we can feel bad about ourselves, we can beat ourselves up, or we may feel angry or disappointed in ourselves.
The good news is that we ALL have doubts. Some of the most well known people within our church have shared their moments of doubt. People like Mother Teresa (St. Teresa of Calcutta), St Paul of the Cross and St. Thérèse of Lisieux. If we allow these doubts to move us further towards God seeking answers or connections then our doubts can allow our faith to grow stronger. |
Being aware of their stories can help us to gently journey through these times in our lives, and hopefully grow from them.
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Another way to think about it is like this ...
if you are not able to doubt then
it would mean you actually know for sure.
And if you knew for sure, then it would no longer be faith!
It seems that doubt is built into our journey of faith.
So the question we need to be asking is not
"is it OK to doubt?"
but
"what do I do about doubt?"
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