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Brian Stevens 11/30/16 Faith Faith, what does it mean? What does it do? How can //I// use in in //my// life? Doctor Seuss once said, "Only YOU can control YOUR future." That then means that by using your gifts that were given to you by God, including faith, you can change the world around you, you can change people, you can change, your connection, between you... and God. To me personally, faith is the connection between God and man that we can't see. Faith is like a liter of soda. When we weaken or damage our faith in the Lord, we shake that soda, causing bubbles. We test it again and it shakes again. We test our faith in the Lord and in others for one more time, and the bottle explodes, letting everything in it, out. To us people, that's like when something in our lives comes crashing down and falls apart. Instead, we must do the opposite, we must treat our faith like water, it may not be our favorite thing, standing up for Christ and doing that good dead, but in the end, it pays off. Faith is water, water is healthy. To reconnect that connection between God and man, we must let out some fizz (in our soda). That is the equivalent to praying and letting God into our lives. Praying is that road from me, to God. Believe, ans the road stands sturdy. Break the connection, ad the bridge falls, cutting off the only thing that God cherishes most... you. It may have come differently in your life but in mine, it has come in a bold way. God ha tested my faith through signs. God sends signs to everyone,everyday. It is then your job to find them. In my life, he has tested me through others. Where I play soccer and football, it is not a catholic community, I'm the only catholic person on the entire team! I have been teased and made fun of because of my beliefs. But, I fought through that, and for 4 years of being on that team in particular, at least 4 or 5 of them have become catholic because of what I have said/ preached to them. God will through you challenges all the time to see if you are still loyal to him. He may not put us in deadly situations, but he wants us to still have FAITH.