Blind

This ad was on my Facebook page from the Collie Rescue of the Carolinas. It caught mt attention because of one word. See if you can figure out which one.

"She is one and half years old, and blind. Please do not reply to this ad if you are not up for the dog. I am looking for a wonderful home for her and someone that is special becuase she is one of a kind and a true best friend. If you have ever seen Lassie come home, you will know what kind of breed she is. She is super smart and don't let her eyes fool you, she can do anything else other dogs do and better! She is wonderful in our home, potty trained,crate trained, she knows to come and sit. She would be great someone who loves dogs. She needs a fence in back yard just so she will not walk off. She is leash broken and.rises great in the car. Love's to go for rides. Only will rehome her to a good home."

Such a beautiful dog but she is blind. However apparently she doesn't know that because she is able to do other things quite well even without her sight. Rather unique don't you think?

The Bible says that, "We walk by faith and not by sight" in 2 Corinthians 5:7. So regardless of whether we can see spiritually or not, we can hold to the hand of the master and not be afraid. Put your faith in him and hold on and you will see that life is not as hard as you think.

You won't always feel God's presence. That may come as a shock or disappointment to you, but that's the way it is. And if you are believing, unrealistically, for a constant tangible manifestation of His love and presence, you are out of step with God and setting yourself up for disappointment. That's not the way He is. The Lord loves to work in subtle ways that only faith perceives.

Look at the way Jesus came to earth. He didn't come in some grandiose style. He came humbly, as a child born to poor parents. His birth wasn't announced to Caesar or Herod the king. It was heralded to lowly shepherds. Even Jesus' physical body wasn't exceptional. Isaiah 53:2 says "he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."

When people looked at Jesus' physical body, it took faith to believe that He was God. He wasn't beautiful. He was natural. He wasn't extraordinary. And when Jesus rose from the dead, He never showed Himself to a single person who wasn't already one of His disciples. We would think He missed a great opportunity. Thousands had seen Him crucified just three days before. All He would have had to do was walk down the streets of Jerusalem or into Pilate's judgment hall, and people would have been forced to bow their knees and acknowledge Him as the Christ. But that's not the nature of God. Hebrews 11:6 says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him."

Our God is a God of faith, and it takes faith to please Him. He could make a bird come sit on your shoulder and tell you He loves you every minute of every day. He could write your name with instructions on every cloud that passes over. He could have angels come visit you every morning and night to affirm to you that what He says in His Word is true. But that's not faith, and that's not God. Second Corinthians 5:7 says, "For we walk by faith, not by sight."

We don't just walk by faith until we get the sight we really desired. We walk by faith, period. When sight comes, we praise God and keep walking by faith.

Dependence on our feelings is more common among Christians than faith. We know what God said in His Word, but we don't feel it, and therefore, we don't believe it. That's all wrong. Faith comes before feelings and always trumps feelings. Faith will produce feelings, not every time, but sometimes, and we need to enjoy them when they come. But being controlled by feelings is a BIG hindrance to true faith. We need to get to the place where God's Word is proof enough without emotional confirmation.