Looking at the Invisible
"So we fix our [spiritual] eyes not on what is seen [with our physical eyes], but on what is unseen [invisible to the human eye], since what is seen [with the naked eye] is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18 "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1 Nothing puts us so intimately in touch with unseen realities as the death of a loved one. Dennis' death nearly six months ago has gently skewed my perspective toward heaven. That's one of the many good things God has brought out of this great grief He has allowed into my life. When our physical lives go on uninterrupted, day after day, it's easy to lose sight of what is ultimately real. We become so focused on the present moment in our own small corner of the universe that we forget how small a sphere that blip on the radar screen really is. It seems like the whole universe to us, but it's not. ...