People use the word faith fairly often: “Keep the faith.” “Faith overcomes fear.” “Faith moves mountains.” “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
Allow me to add my own thoughts. Perhaps you can add yours, too.
Faith is not losing hope when hope seems lost, rather, it is something that lasts beyond our physical understanding.
It is not dependent upon seeing what is visible, but trusting what we do not see.
It is knowing in our spirit (despite what things look like) what IS.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
JM Barrie, Peter Pan; Hebrews 11:1