Lessons I Learned in the Dark
STEPS TO WALKING BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT
Chapter One
Take the First Step
My friend and I stood in the hallway of my new
home exchanging decorating ideas. When I
commented on how much I loved the wallpaper
in my hall bath, there was an awkward pause.
"But Jennifer ... how do you know you love the wallpaper
if you can't see it?"
It was a fair question.
I told her that my mother had described the Jacobean
print to me in vivid detail, and that with every word I heard,
I fell more in love with it. In my mind's eye I could see the
honey mustard, cranberry, and forest green colors twining
through the vines and leaves on the wallpaper.
It's funny: Even though I couldn't see, I could see it.
That's how I like to explain faith sometimes. The dictionary
says that faith is a firm belief in something for which
there is no proof-a belief that does not have to rest on visible
evidence. Just because my eyes can't see the design of
the wallpaper doesn't mean it's not there. I know it's there,
so my eyes don't ... read full excerpt from Lessons I Learned in the Dark ebook
