I really enjoy the website - christianmystic.com. The author of most of the articles is Brian Robertson. I like his writing because he is not afraid to say "Hmmm?" In a recent article there was one phrase that I kept going back to:

"For a spiritual traveler, great faith is a must, but so is great doubt"

To me, that was a "rock my world" kind of statement. In my mind, faith and doubt have been totally opposite of each other. Each entity advised to stay put, confined to its own corner. How could it possibly work then - the mix of these two. So, like there is some type of special "blend" as in coffee or do they actually balance each other? Equal weights on an old fashioned scale. Does one have to increase if the other decreases? Or are there times in my life when "_____ happens" and doubt takes the lead. But then, just as I am being carried along by the big D, I look back over my shoulder, and see where I came from. I can see with perfect clarity what I gained from the "_______- ty" experience and faith pulls up neck and neck with doubt, even pulling ahead. Unconsciously, I guess I saw doubt synonomous with failure and mistakes while sucess was just the opposite - suceess and flawless. What do you think?