Sometimes when life gets so busy we forget what our various faiths ask us to do. We push things aside as if they don't matter to us. This article in the Huffington Post by Daliah Merzaban as an example of how a Muslim changed her way of thinking from trying to fit her faith into her life to fitting her life into her faith. Merzaban is a Muslim, and in Islam there are five required daily prayers. She talks about how she used to push those prayers back, and often miss the proper times to pray them because she was so busy with work and life in general. At some point though she realized she didn't want to do this anymore and started making sure she fit her life around her faith, rather than compromising her faith. Merzaban said she actually found doing so to be quite simple and refreshing.
This is an inspirational article not only for Muslims to try to be better at keeping their faith, but for all people of faith to take time to remember what their faith calls for in their daily life. Let's try to integrate our lives into our faith rather than trying to push aside things we have been taught and believe in but sometimes feel like we don't have time for.
I would love to hear from you about how you try to maintain your faith with your daily life. Do you find it difficult at times? Or does it come naturally for you?
InterfaithU is a student group at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting interfaith dialogue among all faiths, and encouraging curiosity, hope, compassion, and respect for all. This blog will have information about our upcoming and past events, as well as thoughts and musings about faith.
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