“I shall get my exam card on time and sit for exams this semester,” I heard a student say out loud. It seemed a gesture reassuring him that somehow, though the look on his face suggested that he didn’t know how, he would not miss the exams. He seemed shaken up, but his effort to composure was notable. He held on tightly to a crumpled paper on his palm. The draft for the exam time-table was out and had been circulated and pinned on some notice boards around the institution. We stood looking at it on one of the notice boards. It occurred to me that our motives for checking the timetable differed; I was checking if the courses I was taking were conflicting in terms of dates and time that I would sit for them whereas he was keen on when the exams were commencing. The odds that would keep him from getting an exam card would be unsettled arrears. Whether or not I had arrears in the finance department was in the least of my worries but it was different for him. He had faith that before the set day of beginning exams, his finance issues would be sorted out.
Faith it is. The gauge of our belief in things unknown, I think. Despite the many deadlines to meet, say as a student, believing alone that you will meet them is an act of faith. It is only limited to our thoughts. In that line of thought, I have faith that I’ll keep you hooked on to my writing till the end and not lose you. With regard to Daystar University students let’s look into their perspectives on faith.
Ezekiel Wambua, a fourth-year student taking a double Major in Accounting and Business Management, says: “Faith to me is something to believe in. If I say I have faith it means that I believe in something strongly and passionately that I can fight for it and actually fend for it. You know, having a base for all the decisions that we make in life.”
He says that faith is more than motivation that it can even make you do something that you wouldn’t even think of. In addition, Anitah Mashaka, a third year student who is taking a Major in Communication says, “Faith is the deepest desire that I have inside me to achieve something beyond me.”
Wambua says faith is more like life. “If you have faith you’re living, if you don’t you’re not,” he concludes.
I couldn’t agree more to his final remarks. If we view faith as an investment in what we hope for in life, lack of faith would mean living hopelessly. And one might as well be dead than have nothing to live for, true?
Eric Musyoka also a fourth- year student taking a Major in Logistics defines faith as something one believes and holds dearly and which is used to guide most of one’s actions. Conclusively, on the definition of faith, it is many things to different people but it all sums up to a belief system of some kind.
Familiarly, Diana Amunga, a fourth year student taking a Major in Communication says: “ I practice my faith to the Almighty because I believe that He will deliver in everything that I ask from him considering the fact that I have not seen him. But I give my life to him. Also when I’m sick I pray for healing and also place my faith in the medicine that I am given.”
On the same note; Wambua says that he practices faith by actions, by believing in God, he tries to live up to what the Bible says because he believes in Jesus and where his faith lies.
However, Musyoka does not fully base his faith on spirituality but says that a belief in what is right and wrong guides people. “Doing what is right is practicing faith,” he adds.
Faith it is. The gauge of our belief in things unknown, I think. Despite the many deadlines to meet, say as a student, believing alone that you will meet them is an act of faith. It is only limited to our thoughts. In that line of thought, I have faith that I’ll keep you hooked on to my writing till the end and not lose you. With regard to Daystar University students let’s look into their perspectives on faith.
Ezekiel Wambua, a fourth-year student taking a double Major in Accounting and Business Management, says: “Faith to me is something to believe in. If I say I have faith it means that I believe in something strongly and passionately that I can fight for it and actually fend for it. You know, having a base for all the decisions that we make in life.”
He says that faith is more than motivation that it can even make you do something that you wouldn’t even think of. In addition, Anitah Mashaka, a third year student who is taking a Major in Communication says, “Faith is the deepest desire that I have inside me to achieve something beyond me.”
Wambua says faith is more like life. “If you have faith you’re living, if you don’t you’re not,” he concludes.
I couldn’t agree more to his final remarks. If we view faith as an investment in what we hope for in life, lack of faith would mean living hopelessly. And one might as well be dead than have nothing to live for, true?
Eric Musyoka also a fourth- year student taking a Major in Logistics defines faith as something one believes and holds dearly and which is used to guide most of one’s actions. Conclusively, on the definition of faith, it is many things to different people but it all sums up to a belief system of some kind. So, how do Daystar University students practice faith? Ms. Mashaka says that she does this by trusting in her herself and a destiny that she believes she was called and created for. We have ‘ladies of faith’ I must say. This still takes us back to Wambua’s view of faith giving meaning to life. There’s so much of the unknown especially about the future and when Ms.Mashaka puts trust in herself looking forward to a destiny she’s willing to reach to, it’s an act of faith.
When I joined Daystar three years ago, I had to attend Discipleship classes. When I asked around from other continuing students then, I was told that my testimony needed ‘revision’. My faith, religion, in that context was questionable. The problem was that failure to attend the classes I’d be discontinued. Though I finished the classes, it was ‘in partial fulfillment of continuing my studies in Daystar.’ One word, conditioned. I was also to attend Chapel every Tuesdays and Thursdays. Eventually, I embraced this and used it to practice my faith in God who is also unknown but whom some if not all believe in. This is the belief in a supernatural force that other people base their faith on too. Practice of this faith could be done through prayers, believing that prayers will be answered as God knows even the unknown. Yes, I know the Discipleship classes helped me a great deal.
Familiarly, Diana Amunga, a fourth year student taking a Major in Communication says: “ I practice my faith to the Almighty because I believe that He will deliver in everything that I ask from him considering the fact that I have not seen him. But I give my life to him. Also when I’m sick I pray for healing and also place my faith in the medicine that I am given.”As I listen to Ms. Amunga talking, it gets me thinking about how faith broadens our capability that the power is in just believing in what we hope to achieve. You have to love this.
Musyoka says that he practices faith by going to church, that through it He goes to connect with God and for Spiritual growth. According to him, it’s one’s faith that makes you go to church otherwise; the church would just be a room with chairs with someone just talking. “That belief is what makes church a place of Spiritual nourishment,” he adds.
On the same note; Wambua says that he practices faith by actions, by believing in God, he tries to live up to what the Bible says because he believes in Jesus and where his faith lies.
However, Musyoka does not fully base his faith on spirituality but says that a belief in what is right and wrong guides people. “Doing what is right is practicing faith,” he adds.
Recently, in a Psychology class (Human Development) we were talking about young adults and the problems they face. There were three major problems that were highlighted one of them being drug abuse amongst dieting and violent deaths. According to a study done in connection to that, there was supposedly and increase in vulnerability to drugs at that developmental stage as a result of decline in matters of faith. I found myself grateful that I am exposed to surroundings that nurture faith. Be it Christian or just general faith.
From one of the great minds regarding faith Sidney Holland quotes: “Faith draws the poison from every grief and takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do it.”
Ms. Amunga parting shot is, “I place my faith in myself because if I put myself to do something I have faith that the outcome will come out as expected.” The challenge to us all to have a little faith if not in anything or anyone else let it be in us.
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