your
guiding grace afford, teach me your way!
Help
me to walk aright, more by faith, less by sight;
lead
me with heavenly light, teach me your way.
---B. Mansell Ramsey, 1919
More by faith, less by
sight. Is there anything we humans
like less than not seeing? Whether it is a fear of the dark, the panic of a
blindfold, or the frustration of low vision or driving through a pounding
rainstorm, not seeing can leave us feeling helpless, and hopeless. Yet in
scripture we are instructed to ‘walk by faith and not by sight.’ Could anything take us out of our comfort zone
faster?
How might our lives change if
we walked less by sight and more by faith? Would our decision-making process
change? What judgements might we forgo, or at least suspend? Would we experience others’ needs and
problems in a different light? Would our dependence on God make us weak…or
would it make us strong?
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