Help My Unbelief!” 帮助我的不信！
Dexu Xia
Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:24
“Where is my Faith?—even deep down right in there is nothing but emptiness & darkness. . . . If there be God—please forgive me.”
The author of those words might surprise you: Mother Teresa. Beloved and renowned as a tireless servant of the poor in Calcutta, India, Mother Teresa quietly waged a desperate war for her faith over five decades. After her death in 1997, that struggle came to light when portions of her journal were published in the book Come Be My Light.
What do we do with our doubts or feelings of God’s absence? Those moments may plague some believers more than others. But many faithful believers in Jesus may, at some point in their lives, experience moments or seasons of such doubts.
I’m thankful that Scripture has given us a beautiful, paradoxical prayer that expresses both faith and the lack thereof. In Mark 9, Jesus encounters a father whose son had been demonically tormented since childhood (v. 21). When Jesus said that the man must have faith—“Everything is possible for one who believes”—the man responded, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (vv. 23-24).
This honest, heartfelt plea invites those of us who struggle with doubt to give it to God, trusting that He can fortify our faith and hold on to us firmly amid the deepest, darkest valleys we’ll ever traverse.
By: Adam R. Holz
When have you wrestled with doubt in your spiritual journey? What spiritual resources helped you hold on to your faith?
Dear Father, sometimes I doubt. Please help me when I struggle to feel Your presence
孩子的父亲立刻喊着说：“我信！但我的信心不够，求祢帮助我。”—马可福音9章24节，新译本
“我的信心在哪里？我内心深处只有空虚与黑暗。⋯⋯如果真有上帝，请赦免我。”
你也许会很讶异，这竟是德蕾莎修女所说的话。大家都知道，德蕾莎修女曾在印度加尔各答不眠不休地帮助穷人，并且受人爱戴。但50多年来，她的内心深处却时常怀疑上帝的存在。德蕾莎修女于1997年去世后，她有几篇日记被刊登在《来作我的光》一书中，她内心的挣扎才为人知晓。
我们该如何处理怀疑或上帝不存在的感觉？或许有些基督徒特别会有这方面的困扰。但即便是很有信心的基督徒，在他们生命中的某个时刻或某个阶段，可能也会有这样的怀疑。
我很感恩圣经记载一个美好又看似矛盾的祷告，因这祷告同时表露了信心以及信心不足。马可福音第9章提到，耶稣遇见一位父亲，他儿子从小被鬼折磨（21节）。耶稣告诉那位父亲要有信心，“在信的人，凡事都能”（23节）。他就立刻回答说：“我信！但我的信心不够，求祢帮助我。”（24节，新译本）
这发自内心真诚的呼求，也鼓励我们当中信心受动摇的人将疑惑交给上帝，相信祂能坚固我们的信心，在我们行经最深、最黑暗的山谷时，祂仍紧紧抓住我们。
作者： 何安德
在信仰的旅程中，你何时曾对上帝心存怀疑？
什么样的属灵资源曾帮助你持守信心？
亲爱的天父，有时我会怀疑。
当我感受不到祢的同在时，求祢帮助我