I think this is true. In many ways we are like small children. When
adversity strikes we haven't the advantage of seeing the bigger picture as
it were. When we play peek a boo with baby he feels we have truly
disappeared but we haven't truly. Dogs have no sense of time as we know it
so when we leave them for five minutes or five hours dogs are so happy to
see us again for the same reason. They have no idea we will ever return.
All things are temporary on this earth. A poem I heard once illustrates
God's relationship to time. It says.
"In the land of oden there stands a mountain 1000 miles in the air. From
edge to edge this mountain measures 1000 miles square. A little bird comes
winging once every million years, sharpens his beak on the mountain then
swiftly disappears. Thus when this mountain is worn away, this to eternity
will be one single day."
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From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 11:08 PM
Subject: Is God Really Faithful?
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> Cindy, you mentioned that you were told that you would never go cold or =
> hungry, yet you and your children suffered in this way. Then you, =
> Rhonda, mentioned that verse in Psalms 37 that says that the writer has =
> never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging for bread. This =
> bothered me, so I prayed about it. What came to me is this: =20
> The seeming lack of provision that you and I face is temporary. God =
> says in his Word, "I will never leave you, nor forsake you," yet it also =
> says in Psalms 22, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus =
> experienced this utter isolation on the cross and quoted this very verse =
> of scripture. Also in the Old testament, the Israelites experienced =
> times when they were without food or water for who knows how long, but =
> God did come through, even though they complained. I've heard before =
> that we are like our pets who feel abandoned when we turn our backs on =
> them for awhile. the same is true of human babies and small children =
> when their mothers leave temporarily or don't meet their needs or wants =
> right away. =20
>
> We've also been talking about physical healing. i struggle with that =
> issue too, but really, it's just a matter of time, whether we're healed =
> in this earthly tent or in our glorified bodies.
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> Not too long ago I read a book by Bruce wilkinson called A Life God =
> Rewards. He says that time versus eternity is like a dot versus an =
> infinite line. That helps me see the difference.
>
> Sharon
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> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cindy, you mentioned that you were told =
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> "I will never leave you, nor forsake you," yet it also says in Psalms =
> 22, "My=20
> God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus experienced this =
> utter=20
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> Also in=20
> the Old testament, the Israelites experienced times when they were =
> without food=20
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> human=20
> babies and small children when their mothers leave temporarily or don't =
> meet=20
> their needs or wants right away. </FONT></DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV>
> <DIV>We've also been talking about physical healing. i struggle =
> with that=20
> issue too, but really, it's just a matter of time, whether we're healed =
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> earthly tent or in our glorified bodies.</DIV>
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> <DIV>Not <FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>too long ago I read a book by Bruce =
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> called A Life God Rewards. He says that time versus eternity is =
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