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Faith Blossoms on the Other Side

A certain lady loved flowers and plants. She planted a rare vine against the stone wall near the back of her yard. She nurtured it, and it grew well. It was vigorous; it was beautiful. But it had no blossoms. She was disappointed.

One day she stood there looking at that vine with the beautiful foliage but no blossoms. Her neighbor called across the wall, asking her to come over. The lady went over to the other yard. The neighbor said, "Thank you for planting that vine. Look at these beautiful blossoms." You see, the vine had crept through the stone wall, and the blossoms were on the other side. The owner hadn't seen them yet.

And that's the way faith is. It leaps beyond our human limitations to the other side. If you feel obscure, don't forget the God of our faith will overcome your human limitations.

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