It just came to me. Some of the most amazing things I've discovered in
life weren't learned by textbook. They were studied over a period of
time.
They simply appeared.
Like this one I am sharing
with you.
I discovered it while looking at a child sitting on
Santa's lap. His innocence. His smile. His eyes all spoke to me.
I wondered what was going through his mind.
He's looking at a big
hairy old man dressed in a red suit. That close he must see the line of
the beard. He must see the white painted eyebrows and that when he spoke
the mustache really didn't move all that much.
So, what is it
that makes a child still go through the motions of believing in Santa.
Perhaps he has learned to suspend reality when faced with such
things.Like super hero powers than makes a man leap to the top of a tall
building.
You know it can't be done, but still a child believes.
Because he wants to? Maybe. Maybe he wants it to be true so bad that
he forgives.
That's it. He's learning to suspend reality and
forgive.
Of course, maybe, just maybe, he's afraid not to believe
in case somehow it just might be true.
Then one day it all
disappears. The childish beliefs. The untarnished hopes and dreams
suddenly vanish leaving behind the unforgiving, not convinced, not
buying it, adult.
"You lied to me about all those things I
thought wwere true as a child, why should I believe in anything as an
adult?" One might say.
Along that same time in childhood, we
begin to understand that God doesn't heal all sick people. God doesn't
keep your old dog from dying. Just because you prayed for Grandpa
doesn't mean he will live forever.
So, how do we transcend all of
this?
"I'll believe it when I see it," becomes the way.
Until one day. Until one day when nothing is working. Until one day when
you are faced with a crisis you cannot explain. Perhaps you are cornered
and feel trapped. Maybe it appears you have lost everything and that
reality that you bought into all those years suddenly becomes
unbearable.
It's time to believe again.
This is where it
all turns around.
Change "I'll believe it when I see it" to "I'll
see it when I believe it."
God may not appear to those who do not
believe still he is there for them.
God cannot be touched or held
in your hand, yet all that He is can be found in the people around you,
the world you live in and the heavens we explore.
Yes, my friend
there is a God. You'll see Him when you believe in Him.
This
Christmas, begin to believe again. You'll find Him in a manger.
"It's all about believing and I believe in you!"
It's All about Believing
Today's Bible Verse:
When they heard her report that she had seen him alive and well,
they didn't believe her. Mark 16:11 (MSG)
It's All about Believing
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