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Glimpses of His Heart


   God, I want to know you for who you are.  Not who I imagine you to be.

What my heart needs most is a fresh glimpse of yours.
So open my eyes!
 
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The God Who Notices

12/27/2017

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“Jesus heard they had thrown him out and when he found him...” John 9:35

Do you ever feel invisible or wonder if anyone ever wonders about you? If so, you may identify with the blind man in John 9. You don’t need to live his story to feel his pain. Our stories differ. Our need for love does not.
 
Imagine spending your whole life in total darkness. And totally alone.

To be born blind was viewed as a curse. God’s judgment for sin. John 9:2,34 The punishment? Rejection. Isolation. Poverty. He can't work. So he begs. He can't see. Nor is he seen. Most beggars are invisible. To everyone but themselves.

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Total Eclipse of the Son

12/9/2017

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I like metaphors. They help me understand abstract ideas I otherwise can’t.  When it comes to understanding God, there's a lot I cannot understand. I think it's why He uses symbols. Ho.12:10 'I have used similitudes'. (Hebrew: 'likeness or resemblance’)  God will use a 'likeness' because He wants us to know what He’s like.

The metaphor I want to look at is the sun. ‘The Lord God is a sun’. Ps.84:11

God's use of the sun metaphor made me look at the solar eclipse as a metaphor. It not only changed the way I see God. It exposed the real reason I hardly ever do.


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    Jack Anderson 
    I want to know God.
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