Mixture

Each of us is a mix of belief and unbelief, faith and fallibility. We see many people in the scriptures who demonstrate these combinations. 

There’s the father who asks Christ to heal his son. 

"Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief." Mark 9: 23-24

We can learn from Simon Peter. He often seems impulsive, yet he has great faith in Christ. Brent Top likened Peter’s characteristics to ours. 

“Simon’s faithfulness overcomes his fallen, foolish, impetuous, speaking-without-thinking nature. He did what he said he would. He did lay down his life for the Savior’s cause. Will my faith be greater than my foibles? Will I allow my mortal selfishness to be consumed by charity, service and sacrifice, as it was for Peter?” When Peter walked on water as Christ beckoned to him, we see a “demonstration of both faith and fallibility. To me, this is a scriptural story of triumph and transformation more than failure or lack of faith,” said Top. “The focus should not be on Simon’s sinking, but on Jesus’ lifting, not on Peter’ human fallibility, but on Christ’s divine ability.”