{"id":1857,"date":"2010-01-07T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1857"},"modified":"2010-01-07T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T20:01:28","slug":"what-do-you-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/what-do-you-see\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You See?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m prone to see the ominous dark clouds of the gathering storm. Storms, really &#8212; religious, societal, political, military, cultural, financial, spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>I also notice the diminishing space as the dark tunnel&#8217;s walls close in at an alarming, hope-crushing rate.<\/p>\n<p>Then yesterday morning I saw the January 6 entry on our day-by-day <i>For the Love of a Friend<\/i> flip calendar:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quotes\">A great deal of what we see<br \/>\nstill depends on what we&#8217;re looking for.<\/div>\n<p>Oh my! \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>I went back again and again to have another read.<\/p>\n<p>And below the above quote, this from Psalm 39:7&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"quotes\">But now, Lord, what do I look for?<br \/>\nMy hope is in you.<\/div>\n<p>How easily I forget! \ud83d\ude25<\/p>\n<p>Last night I read this comment by Crusoe:<\/p>\n<div class=\"quotes\">I think you can see much farther<br \/>\nthrough a tear<br \/>\nthan you can through a telescope.<\/div>\n<p>(No, not <i>that<\/i> Crusoe; rather, the one in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002YNS2DI?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B002YNS2DI\"><i>Flight of the Eagles<\/i><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B002YNS2DI\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, the first book of the Seven Sleeper Series by Gilbert L. Morris.)<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and another clarifier: <i>tear<\/i> above is the kind that comes out of our eyes.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;I am thankful for all these reminders. And for the hope I have in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m prone to see the ominous dark clouds of the gathering storm. Storms, really &#8212; religious, societal, political, military, cultural, financial, spiritual. I also notice the diminishing space as the dark tunnel&#8217;s walls close in at an alarming, hope-crushing rate. 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