F-A-I-T-H

I was holding my five year old when she pointed at a decoration in our family room.  "Dad, what does F-A-I-T-H spell?"  (She asks what everything spells these days--part of the learning process.)

I said, "faith, Olivia.  That spells faith.  What is faith?" 

Her answer:  "being nice to people and..."  Okay but not quite.  Time to define so a five year old can remember. 

I defined it for her this way:  "Faith is doing what God says because you believe Him."  Simple enough for a 5 year old, convicting enough for a 35 year old.  I think I'll stick with that simple definition.