{"id":10551,"date":"2023-04-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=10551"},"modified":"2023-04-23T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T17:07:49","slug":"seeing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/?p=10551","title":{"rendered":"Seeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seeing the Unseeable<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seeing the (Seeable) Saints<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, April 25, 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Can We See Beyond The Obvious,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Roadblocks,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hopelessness?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 112:4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Corinthians 4:17-18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words of Grace For Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is one thing to know that others are fighting against one, working to take everything from one, even life itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a whole other thing to have those closest to you, turn and take advantage of \u2018knowing you best\u2019 in order to steal even life itself from you. For then, not only do the enemies possess the most private information about you, they have thus ripped one\u2019s heart and foundation of life right out of you, robbing you of the ability to trust any other person. Then it becomes clear that this was their intention from the start. It was not to share the best of life with you, but to steal the goodness of life from you and to make you as miserable as they had been all along. Perhaps they hoped to enjoy the goodness of your life by stealing it from you, but such joy of goodness is never possible through such treacherous evil. So they continue to find their next victim, and the next, and the next ….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God planned for this, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Spirit, by grace alone, created saints in every generation before us, people who despite all efforts to rob the goodness of life from them continue to trust God\u2019s promises, and they lived as they chose (aided by the power of the Holy Spirit) to be gracious, merciful, and righteous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s Spirit rescues us who can no longer trust anyone or anything, sends not only the Spirit to guide us, but saints of these generations, to show us how to trust by seeing what cannot be seen: God\u2019s faithful love and presence with us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

each<\/p>\n\n\n\n

step<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

our<\/p>\n\n\n\n

days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our enemies may have destroyed us by all worldly measures, but we live blessed in so many ways that we can only give God thanks and praise for,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

we<\/p>\n\n\n\n

too<\/p>\n\n\n\n

are<\/p>\n\n\n\n

made<\/p>\n\n\n\n

saints<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

these<\/p>\n\n\n\n

days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we see what cannot be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We trust beyond experiences that have robbed us of all ability to trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live abundantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seeing the Unseeable Seeing the (Seeable) Saints Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Can We See Beyond The Obvious, The Roadblocks, The Hopelessness? Psalms 112:4 They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight … Continue reading “Seeing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,56,83,86,62,64,34,35,47,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse","category-cold","category-dark-and-light","category-hope","category-injustice","category-night","category-sacramental-mystic","category-scapegoating","category-trees","category-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10555,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10551\/revisions\/10555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticphoto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}