Turn your eyes to behold Me. Look away from sordid surroundings, from lack of beauty, from the imperfections in yourselves and those around you. Then you who have the Faith-Vision will see all you could and do desire in Me. In your unrest behold My calm, My rest. In your impatience, My unfailing patience. In your lack and limitation, My perfection. Looking at Me you will grow like Me, until men say to you, that you have been with Jesus. As you grow like Me you will be enabled to do the things I do, and greater works than these shall you do because I go unto My Father. From that place of abiding, limited by none of humanity's limitations, I can endue you with the all-conquering, all miracle-working Power of your Divine Brother and Ally.
(taken from a devotional journal called 'God Calling')
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:2
3 years ago
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One time in Texas I was out in the country, trying to find a place to look out at the stars. I got so frustrated, though, with all of the cars travelling the country roads and flooding the area with artificial light, and with all of the buildings and streetlights that insisted on invading my vision. I found that I had to keep looking up to see the most stars, and that when I looked down for just a second, I couldn't see as many when I looked back up.
I know there is a correlation in there somewhere.
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