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"But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are
changed into the same image
from
glory to glory,
even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
2Corinthians 3:18
Step
Back ~ Look Beyond
A
landscape artist does not always stand at an arm's
length
from
his canvas. They must not limit their attention to the
isolated details of what they're doing.
So,
occasionally, they step back to view their work
from a
distance. They need to see how their thousands of
small brushstrokes fit together to produce an overall
result.
Likewise, our perspective on life is much improved
if
sometime we can step back and see it whole.
We can
become so occupied with its daily brushstrokes
that
we have no real perception of the whole scene
we are
painting on the canvas of the ongoing years.
Our
attentions can be so consumed by
the
requirements of daily living that we have little
awareness of the dimensions and directions of life
itself.
Step
back from the canvas a little,
and
try to see the picture whole.
Look
beyond the varied episodes of our daily doings
and
see the glory of it all.
Look
beyond the brushstrokes to see the art
which
the brushstrokes have made and are making!
"Lord Dictated Them"
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