Drawn from the well #2

FAITH is not blind. Faith is vision: long range forward thinking vision that sees and knows with an assurance that what is now, is not the sum of all things. It's not the end, only the start of a new beginning yet realized. It is a confident hope, based on experience, that "He that began a good work in you, will be faithful to carry it on until completion until the day He appears (Phil1:6)."

Faith is like health insurance. When you are healthy, you say you have it, you feel covered. But you never know how good it really is until you fall ill.
James 1:2-4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing