God justifies us at the moment of new birth by declaring us righteous. But for the rest of our earthly lives, the Holy Spirit works to sanctify us - to make us more like Christ in our thoughts, words, and deeds. As we grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord (2 Peter 3:18), we understand more of His Word; our trust in Him increases. 

Like this blind man, the Lord's touch in our lives brings increasing clarity to our spiritual sight until we, too, can "see clearly."




Trust in Him increases.  Sometimes I want to feel and handle trust.  I trust freely and wonder why I then hold it so tightly from whom I really need to trust, my Shepherd.

I trust Mark, yet I do not...not until he sees the whole picture, and am sure he will stay.
I really do not know anything about him..... sometimes I wonder if I chat/email with Matt and its still a cruel joke.

I want so much for him to know my Shepherd.  I have even prayed he wasnt Mormon, since there are a lot of Mormons in OK.  He gives me snatches // morsels of himself and goes away.

I know that is what I do with my Shepherd.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  wrong of me...but right now that is all I have as if the valley I am stuck in right now has created a small garden where I rest...but the garden is fall and/autumn and it is distressing without sunshine.