The human spirit is continually seeking answers. At times, we seek answers to questions that seem to have no answers. In that respect, the worlds of science and faith are equally mysterious.

The topic of faith seems to be even more incomprehensible than any element of science.

Science is continually expanding our knowledge of the world around us, and beyond. But, the one thing that science seems to be incapable of is the endpoint. No matter how deeply we dive into the elements of our existence, we can never seem to find that final solution. The answers seem to be just out of reach, but we believe, without evidence, that there must be an answer.

Our struggle to understand the final definition of our faith is even more frustrating.

In both cases, we are handicapped by the limitations of our vocabulary and our vision.

While one extreme of science peers deeper and deeper into the building blocks of matter, another extreme strives to grasp the limits of an infinite universe. Few of us will ever begin to fully understand the building blocks of the atom or the concept of distance that is measured in light years rather than miles.

In both cases we are faced with the concept of “what lies beyond the beyond?”

When we attempt to understand the principles of our faith, we are even more handicapped. With science, at least we have the tool of mathematics to help us visualize what our senses cannot detect. There is no counterpart to mathematics when it comes to analyzing the concepts of our faith. We have to… well… take it on faith.

At some point, handicapped by the limits of our experiences, we have no choice but to accept as truth, the tenets of our faith.

Just as the concept of infinity seems to be in conflict with all reason in science, the idea that God has no beginning and no end is equally difficult to grasp when held up to the standards of our life experiences. After all, every experience of our lifetime has a beginning and an end, even if we don’t witness it ourselves.

Perhaps the clearest answer comes from the Bible.

• I am the Bread of Life (John 6:35)
• I am the Light of the World (John 8:12)
• I am the Door (John 10:9)
• I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:11,14)
• I am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25)
• I am the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6)
• I am the Vine (John 15:1,5)

There simply is no “beyond” beyond. There is only “I am.”