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Help, Lord, Mine Unbelief!Mark 9:24“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.”I can relate with this father who in desperation cried out to the Lord with tears. There was a part of him that believed but in desperation and with great honesty he admitted there was also a part of unbelief in his heart. His faith led him to bring his son to Jesus. But Jesus was gone and the disciples were helpless to this father. When Jesus arrived there was a part in this father’s heart that was empty, that had doubts, that wondered could He, would He heal his son? He admitted his failure of faith to Jesus.Are we willing to be this honest about our lack of faith before God?Perhaps our heart does not always carry doubt. Perhaps sometimes we walk in great faith and other times our faith is weak. Our faith can have up and down moments. The lesson I learn from this text, and particularly this father is; I must always be honest before God about myself, my faith, my doubts, my insecurities, and such. He already knows anyway… so why would I not be honest? The only answer I have is PRIDE. My pride keeps me from being honest with God about myself. The only way to defeat our pride is through honesty and it takes humility to be so honest before the Lord that we admit to Him our place of failure.How honest are you before the Lord about yourself?