The Mystery of Faith (Think, as Mr. Smith would say)

I read this from meaning-of-life.info and thought it summed up what I think faith is very well.

"Faith is not something that we can produce for ourselves. It is not something that we can simply decide to have. We cannot turn it on like a water faucet; it does not work that way.

Faith is a gift from God. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit. This gift is always offered by God, but we are not always able to accept it. In order to accept it, we must want to be good people. We must truly invite God into our lives. We must try to do God's commands. Christ said: to believe in me you must do the commands of my Father in heaven. There is no way around it, if we turn away from God and refuse to try to follow His commands, we will not be able to accept the gift of His true faith. And God's one great command is this: love and take care of everyone on earth, as much as you love and take care of yourself."

That's all.