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God is our refuge\\xa0and strength,\\xa0an ever-present\\xa0help\\xa0in trouble. 2\\xa0Therefore we will not fear,\\xa0though the earth give way and the mountains fall\\xa0into the heart of the sea, 3\\xa0though its waters roar\\xa0and foam and the mountains quake\\xa0with their surging.4\\xa0There is a river\\xa0whose streams\\xa0make glad the city of God,\\xa0the holy place where the Most High\\xa0dwells. 5\\xa0God is within her,\\xa0she will not fall; God will help\\xa0her at break of day. 6\\xa0Nations\\xa0are in uproar,\\xa0kingdoms\\xa0fall;\\xa0he lifts his voice,\\xa0the earth melts. 7\\xa0The\\xa0Lord\\xa0Almighty\\xa0is with us;\\xa0the God of Jacob\\xa0is our fortress. 8\\xa0Come and see what the\\xa0Lord\\xa0has done, the desolations\\xa0he has brought on the earth. 9\\xa0He makes wars\\xa0cease\\xa0to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow\\xa0and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. 10\\xa0He says, \\u201cBe still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted\\xa0among the nations,\\xa0I will be exalted in the earth.\\u201d 11\\xa0The\\xa0Lord\\xa0Almighty is with us;\\xa0the God of Jacob\\xa0is our fortress. Psalm 46:1-11 (NIV)

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,\\xa0and have it to the full. John 10:10 (NIV)

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.\\xa02\\xa0His disciples asked him, \\u201cRabbi,\\xa0who sinned,\\xa0this man\\xa0or his parents,\\xa0that he was born blind?\\u201d 3\\xa0\\u201cNeither this man nor his parents sinned,\\u201d\\xa0said Jesus,\\xa0\\u201cbut this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.\\xa0John 9:1-3 (NIV)

1. There is a greater story at work

4\\xa0As long as it is day,\\xa0we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.\\xa05\\xa0While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.\\u201d John 9:4-5 (NIV)

2. Your story is about a greater work

6\\xa0After saying this, he spit\\xa0on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man\\u2019s eyes.\\xa07\\xa0\\u201cGo,\\u201d\\xa0he told him,\\xa0\\u201cwash in the Pool of Siloam\\u201d\\xa0(this word means \\u201cSent\\u201d). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. John 9:6-7 (NIV)

3. When you don\\u2019t understand, is when your faith is operating.

My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,\\u201d says the\\xa0Lord. \\u201cAnd my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. 9\\xa0For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)

8\\xa0His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, \\u201cIsn\\u2019t this the same man who used to sit and beg?\\u201d\\xa09\\xa0Some claimed that he was. Others said, \\u201cNo, he only looks like him.\\u201d But he himself insisted, \\u201cI am the man.\\u201d 10\\xa0\\u201cHow then were your eyes opened?\\u201d they asked. 11\\xa0He replied, \\u201cThe man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.\\u201d12\\xa0\\u201cWhere is this man?\\u201d they asked him. \\u201cI don\\u2019t know,\\u201d he said. 13\\xa0They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.\\xa014\\xa0Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man\\u2019s eyes was a Sabbath.15\\xa0Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.\\xa0\\u201cHe put mud on my eyes,\\u201d the man replied, \\u201cand I washed, and now I see.\\u201d 16\\xa0Some of the Pharisees said, \\u201cThis man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.\\u201d But others asked, \\u201cHow can a sinner perform such signs?\\u201d\\xa0So they were divided. 17\\xa0Then they turned again to the blind man, \\u201cWhat have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.\\u201d The man replied, \\u201cHe is a prophet.\\u201d John 9:8-17 (NIV)

4. Not everyone will understand your journey. (It\\u2019s ok\\u2026 it\\u2019s not theirs.)

24\\xa0\\u2026A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. \\u201cGive glory to God by telling the truth,\\u201d\\xa0they said. \\u201cWe know this man is a sinner.\\u201d

25\\xa0He replied, \\u201cWhether he is a sinner or not, I don\\u2019t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!\\u201d John 9:24-25 (NIV)

5. You don\\u2019t have to understand your story to tell your story.

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,\\xa0let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares\\xa0us,\\xa0and\\xa0let us run\\xa0with endurance the race that is set before us\\u2026\\xa0

2\\xa0looking unto Jesus, the\\xa0author and\\xa0finisher of\\xa0our\\xa0faith,\\xa0who for the joy that was set before Him\\xa0endured the cross, despising the shame, and\\xa0has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV)