Suffering, doubt and mental health
Is it normal to doubt my faith?
Short answer
Yes. Doubt isn't the opposite of faith. Many believers in the Bible doubted, and Jesus met them with patience, not rejection.
Thomas wouldn't believe until he saw the wounds, and Jesus showed him His hands. John the Baptist, in prison, sent to ask whether Jesus really was the one. A desperate father cried, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” Jesus helped him.
Some doubts are questions of the mind and need answers. Some come from pain and need comfort. Some are moral: believing would mean we have to change. Know which kind you have.
Don't hide your doubts. Bring them to God and to a Christian you trust. Look for good answers; there are many. Keep doing what you know is right while you wait.
Pray that father's prayer; it is in the Bible for people like you. Jude says to be merciful to those who doubt.
My verses
Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.” Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?” Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Immediately the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe; help my unbelief!”
And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt.