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					 Faith--is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not." -- Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
 One day when a man was skiing in Colorado, he saw some 
					people wearing red vests with the words BLIND SKIER. 
					He thought, "I have a hard enough time skiing with two good 
					eyes, how can they ski successfully with none?" The 
					answer was - they had a guide whose instructions they 
					totally trusted and followed! As the guide skied beside 
					them, 
					he'd tap his ski poles together and assure them he was 
					there. Then he'd say, "Go right! Turn left! Stop! Slow! 
					Skier 
					coming up on your right!"
 
 What a picture. Life is like skiing downhill blind. We can't 
					see even 5 seconds into the future. We can't see the 
					struggles to come or all the other skiers who might run into 
					us, or over us. And those fears are heightened when we 
					recall how often we've been blindsided by circumstances we 
					didn't see coming. Humanly speaking it leaves the 
					strongest of us feeling vulnerable. And that's when we must 
					place our confidence in the God who never changes and 
					never fails. Here's what He has to say to you today: "I will 
					lead the blind by ways they have not known, along 
					unfamiliar paths. I will guide them; I will turn the 
					darkness into light before them and make the rough places 
					smooth. 
					These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them" (Is 
					42:16 N1V).
 
					
					What is it that gets you through the unfamiliar
					places, the dark places, and the rough places in life? Faith 
					and trust in God's Word .. In God's rock-solid promise: "I
					will guide [you]...  I will not forsake ...As with "trust," 
					faith involves a concept of future events or outcomes. His
					assurance is all you need! We can say, "Scio Cui Credidi" 
					..the words -- taken from the first letter of Paul to 
					Timothy
					-- meaning "I know him in whom I have believed."
					
					 
 
 
   
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