Identity & Worth
I have so many doubts about my faith. Does that mean I'm no longer a Christian?
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?”
This is the psalm Jesus cried from the cross. The fact that it begins with an accusation against God, and is still in the Bible, means Scripture makes room for radical, honest doubt. The psalmist has not abandoned God; he is demanding an answer from God. That is a form of engagement, not unbelief.
“Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.”
Thomas doubted loudly and specifically; he named exactly what it would take for him to believe. Jesus did not cast him out for it. He showed up and offered Thomas exactly what he had asked for. The result was one of the most powerful declarations of faith in the Gospels. Doubt that demands answers is not the opposite of faith; it can be the path toward a deeper one.
A path forward
Write down your specific doubts as precisely as you can, not 'I'm not sure about God' but the exact questions underneath. Vague spiritual unease is harder to address than a clear question.
Take one of your doubts and spend two weeks reading seriously about it, not just looking for confirmation of what you already think, but reading the best arguments on multiple sides.
Find one person in your life whose faith you respect and who will not panic if you tell them what you are struggling with. Processing doubt out loud with a safe person usually moves it more than processing it alone.
Closing verse
“And of some have compassion, making a difference:”
- Jude 22
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