So what came first between the two of these? Was it faith
that gives us courage or was it courage that gave us the faith to believe?
Courage 1st: In this case it is courage that
gives you the ability to believe in a higher power. It allows you to take
that leap of faith to have faith and thus reinforce your ability to believe.
The courage to believe is to possibly remove doubt or to overcome doubts
in the first place. But courage is a unique emotion. It is the
reinforcement of our will to do something against the odds. As such, to
have courage with respect to faith is to overcome doubt itself.
Faith 1st: With regards to faith first,
courage is not there yet. Faith itself is what enables you to feel the
courage to do something. It gives you the strength to have courage to do
the impossible. The impossible could be anything, such as overcoming
doubt to literally laying with lions. It provides the fortitude to stand
alone when needed. In essence, faith is the backbone to all that you are.
Conclusion: Thankfully this is not anything
like the chicken and the egg debate. Faith or courage coming first is
something personal for each person. No answer is right or wrong or makes anyone’s
faith less flimsy than another's. It is all a personal decision, and
whatever reinforces that faith or whether faith reinforces who you are is
unique to you as an individual alone.
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