“Truly truly I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains alone;
but
if it dies, it bears much fruit.”
John 12:24
I have a difficult
time in this world’s system where wrong is called right and correction is
called negative. Deception is a strong
force to be contended with. It makes it
possible to reason ourselves into believing anything, so as to muddy the waters
between good and evil.
Evil is alluring
and inviting and has been given free reign in this world’s system of human made
laws and political correctness. When
anyone is bold enough to cry out “the emperor has no clothes on”, that person
is called out, criticized, forced to apologize, silenced, and made the
villain. That happened this week as
Angus Jones gave his testimony of becoming a Christian and calling his TV show
filth.
I believe in the
Bible and in the end time prophecies it speaks about. At times I fear not being strong enough to
endure them, and to hold fast to my faith in the midst of great condemnation
and criticism. I don’t do well with
conflict in any realm and like to avoid it if possible. But I see it coming and at some point I will
need to stand strong against a powerful enemy, even disguised as family and friends. I am called to love all who would come
against me but I am also called to stand strong and true to my faith in God the
Father, Jesus Christ, his Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is only with God’s help that I can do
that.
This is when I
pray for eyes to see beyond what is presenting itself at the moment to the
Presence of the One who is eternal.
“Now in the place where he was crucified
there was a garden.”
John 19:41
God, give me the eyes to see
The beauty beyond the ugliness
The truth beyond the lies
The hope beyond the desperation
The simplicity beyond the complication
The order beyond the chaos
The calm beyond the storm
The joy beyond the sadness
The life beyond the death
Your Presence beyond the present
Your love beyond love
In all things.
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