Doubt can help deepen our faith

Kate Orson says that if we remain receptive to the truth, speaking out our questions to God is a helpful thing to do

“I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” said the father in Mark 9, when he asked Jesus to heal his son. This sentence is something I’ve taken to praying recently, because I can relate to it a lot. I believe, but doubts creep in. Doubts whether God will provide, doubts about if God will hear my prayers. I know deep down these doubts aren’t the truth, but they still hang around, like little distractions attempting to pull me off the solid rock of faith. 

It might seem like doubt is an enemy of faith, like boarding a non-stop train to unbelief, but is it? 

A while ago, I started lurking on deconstruction Facebook groups. I wasn’t ‘deconstructing’ myself, but I just became curious about why Christians would abandon their faith.