faith and a mustard seed...

And Jesus replied to his disciples,
"This kind can come out only by prayer."

This scripture came to mind as I was driving home from work today and pondering on what I wrote yesterday.  In my lamentation of the evil of racism, and my perceived inability to do anything about it,  I had the realization that  I was missing the point---missing the essence of our spirituality and that is we can talk to God, and God does listen!  In the scripture quoted above, the disciples were lamenting to Jesus that they tried and failed to cast out the demon tormenting the young boy.  In effect their lamentation and perceived inability was the same as mine - we both missed the point, missed the opportunity, failed to have faith!

Jesus counsels his disciples that faith in God as small as a mustard seed can move mountains and through that faith, by prayer, such evils, as the horrific demon tormenting that young boy, can be cast out.  Jesus gifited us the keys to the kingdom... through faith, through living faith, through constant prayer, through trusting God and each other, we together can cast out this demon named racism forever!   Now my friends that is something to ponder....Amen!