Author: Pure Joy

~ The Trust & Belief of the Blind. ~

When my Dad had a stroke over 30 years ago, it effected his left side. He was paralysed in his arm and leg, and he lost the vision on the left side. He gained slight movement in his arm and was able to walk small amounts for a while, but his vision never recovered.

He can't See anything out of the left side of both eyes, which means when he looks at things such as a book, he only Sees the words on the right side of the page. Even though he's been like that for over 30 years, I often forget that he can't See properly because he just 'Gets On with Life'.

A few years after his stroke, my Mum discovered an Organisation for Blind & Visually Impaired people and they both started to go every week. 

The Organisation ran many different Activities aimed at Helping Blind & Visually Impaired people to Gain Confidence, Build their Self Respect, and to simply Enjoy themselves doing Fun Activities.
They did a Big variety of Activities such as Cookery classes, Woodwork, Pottery, Crafts, Painting etc, as well as many Outdoor Activities.

After a while they needed more Volunteers, so my Wife (who was then my Girlfriend) and I became Volunteers, and later we became Tutors as well.

We saw Many 'Truly Inspiring' things.
There was people who were Totally Blind doing things like Rock Climbing, Abseiling, Water-skiing, Sailing and Canoeing, as well as things like Pancake Making, including Tossing the pancakes without dropping them (which is Very Talented when they couldn't See). 

We did some training which involved us wearing Blindfolds and being led around the building up and down stairs etc, and doing simply tasks. 
We Learned that when you can't See, you Really do need to put a Huge amount of your 'Trust & Belief' in the person who is Guiding you.

My Wife and I were Volunteers & Tutors for many years, and we saw the peoples Confidence Grow, and they Achieved Many Amazing things.

My Dad would often say that he was doing things that he had never done before he had the stroke, and probably never would have done if he hadn't have gone to the Blind Organisation.

Many of the people had Physical Disabilities and Mental Health issues as well as being Blind & Visually Impaired, but they were All Blessed with 'Doing' & 'Achieving' Many Truly Amazing & Wonderful things.

How did they do it ?

Two reasons:
~ There was Volunteers & Staff 'With Them' who they could 'Trust & Believe'.
~ The Blind people 'Trusted & Believed' the Volunteers and Staff.

If you were to go Rock Climbing and you couldn't See, then you would need someone who you could 'Trust & Believe' to Guide you where to put your hands & feet so that you 'Don't Fall'. 
If you were Sailing and you couldn't See, then you would need to 'Trust & Believe' the person Leading you so that you 'Don't Crash & Sink'. 
And if you were Making Pancakes and couldn't See, then you would need to have Complete 'Trust & Belief' in the person 'Watching Over' you to prevent you from getting burnt by the flames.

When my Wife & I were Volunteers & Tutors at the Blind Organisation, we along with the rest of the Volunteers and Staff were: 
~'The Eyes for those who could Not See'.
We were 'Their Guides', we 'Lead' them, and 'Protected' them. 
We were Always 'Watching Over' them to keep them Safe. 
And we Encouraged & Supported them so that they could Enjoy themselves, and turn their 'Disabilities' into Amazing 'Abilities'.

There was a Wonderful young man called Peter Barns. He was Blind from birth and the 'So Called' doctors said that he would Never be able to Do Anything, and he should stay at home. Even his 'So Called' parents told him he couldn't Do Anything and they gave him No Encouragement.

When he first went to the Blind Organisation, he was Very Timid and quite Scared. He had No Confidence and seemed Very Unhappy.

But we saw a Wonderful Transformation as he Grew into a Confident, Fun Loving and Happy person.

He did Many of the Activities including Rock Climbing.
The Rock Climbing was at a disused quarry. The car park was at the Top of the Rock-face and the way to get to the bottom was down a steep dirt path that had lose stones and rocks along the way.

The Volunteers needed to Guide the Blind people down the path to be able to start the Rock Climbing. I was asked to Guide Peter Barns down the path.
The path had a drop on one side that was about 100 ft down, and there was No hand rail. I knew if he slipped then he would go straight over the edge.
So I took my 'Responsibilities Very Seriously'. 
I watched 'Every Step' he took. I checked the path to make sure there was nothing for him to trip over. And I had my Arm as a Guide & Support so he knew I was there 'With Him' Every Step of the Way.

Peter along with the other people who could Not See, where all Safely lead down the path.
They put their 'Trust & Belief' in their Guides, and we 'Didn't Let Them Down'. 

If those Blind people were able to put their 'Trust & Belief' in 'Ordinary People' like us, who they could Not 'See',  then 'You' can 'Certainly' put Your 
'Trust & Belief' in Jesus Christ, the Wonderful & Powerful Son of God. 

'He will Never Let You Down'.

If Peter and the other Blind people had Not put their 'Trust & Belief' in their Guides, they would have 'Missed Out' on Many Wonderful Experiences & Activities, and their Confidence & Self Respect would Never have Grown.

There are Many people Today who are 'Missing Out' on True Joy, Happiness, New Adventures & Wonderful Experiences, just because they won't put their 'Trust & Belief' in Jesus, simply because they can't 'See Him'. 

I've been on an Amazing 'Journey with Jesus' for over 20 years, and He has 'Never Let Me Down'. 
I've Never 'Seen' Jesus, but I know He's 'With Me Always'. 

When You Properly make a Commitment to Jesus, You can be Certain that He Will 'Watch Over Your Life' Every Step of Your 'Journey With Him'. 

~ He will Not let You Fall.
~ He is Your Loving Guide through Life.
~ His Strong Arm is Always there to 'Support' You.
~ He will 'Lead You' in stormy waters to 'Safe Sailing', and Never let You Sink.
~ When You're Climbing the Rocky Mountain of Life and You can't 'See'              which Way to Go, Jesus will be the 'Solid Rock' for You to 'Hold On To'.
~ Jesus is Fully Aware of the Flames of the 'evil one' that can easily burn You,       so He 'Watches Over' You, always Ready to Prevent You from being burnt.
~ And at the same time, giving You the Freedom to Enjoy Your Life.

Jesus will 'Encourage You' and Build Up Your 'Self Respect', 
because to Jesus 'You Are Somebody Very Special'.

So even though You can't 'See' Jesus,
when You put Your Complete 'Trust & Belief' in Him,
'Jesus will Be Your Eyes'
so that You can 'See Clearly' in Your Journey of Life.

You Don't Need to See to Believe,
But when You Believe, You Will See.