Rabbit Trail #3 – Circling Back

Posted on September 9, 2014 by wamplerp

46709_801541796875_937683_nWell I have reached another milestone for “Walking on Water”.  This is my 80th post so I decided a rabbit trail was in order.  I have decided to start at the beginning and read through all of my posts to find recurring categories and themes.  My hope in this circling back is that I will be able to create a map of sorts to where God has led me so far in my walk with water in the bible.  It has been an amazing adventure.  So here goes.

God has revealed a lot of connections between water and Christian Community.  The Leadership lessons from Moses and Aaron have provided insights about Christian Leadership and Following God.  The Covenant between God and the Israelites has provided many helpful parallels to our Discernment and Discipleship as Christians.  We have been given great examples of Faith and Forgiveness in the passages about God’s Love for Us.  There are many passages which helped me to understand and reflect on our Life Together as Christians and ways that we can have Love for the Lost.

The early books are full of challenging and interesting Miracles which can test our faith and Obedience.  The issue of Sin has been around since the fall of Adam and Eve and there is a complex and sometimes confusing interaction between the The Earthly Realm and The Spiritual Realm.  Through it all God has been with me on my journey and He has taught me amazing things about The Nature of God.  It continues to be quite a ride!

Prayer: God thank you for walking with me for the last several months.  I am yours and your are mine.

SDG
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Do not make us cross the Jordan

Posted on September 8, 2014 by wamplerp

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIf we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”   Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go to war while you sit here? Why do you discourage the Israelites from crossing over into the land the Lord has given them? This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land. After they went up to the Valley of Eshkol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land the Lord had given them. The Lord ’s anger was aroused that day and he swore this oath: ‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob— not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.’ The Lord ’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone. – Numbers 32:5-13

“Don’t make us cross the Jordon”…the Israelites, at least, the Gadites and Reubenites, preferred the known comfortable place to the unknown place God had prepared for them.  There was danger and hard things on the other side of the Jordan.  God wanted the Israelites to “Follow the Lord wholeheartedly” regardless of what was on the other side of the Jordan.

It seems like the main point of this account is that the Israelites are to follow God’s lead according to God’s timing — no matter how hard or messy this looks.  When God directs us to stay “on one side of the Jordan and be content”…stay and be content until God says its OK to cross.  In our lives the Jordan we are reluctant to cross may be some promise or prayer we are impatient for God to make happen.

I will admit waiting is not my strong suit and it is sometimes hard to wait on God when it seems like nothing is happening.  This is an area where I am growing and learning right now.  As I daily await a new batch of manna for this blog.  I have decided that in honor of my 80th post tomorrow I will prepare another “rabbit trail” post with a review of where God has led me so far on this journey.  I have started reading the posts from the beginning, looking for common themes.  The post tomorrow will serve as a standing stone to  remember all that God has done so far.

Prayer: God help me to wait upon your timing and lead me as I revisit the last several months of “walking on water”.

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The Promised Land

Posted on September 7, 2014 by wamplerp
Promised Land View from Abarim Range

View from the Abarim Range in Google Earth

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites. After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was, for when the community rebelled at the waters in the Desert of Zin, both of you disobeyed my command to honor me as holy before their eyes.” (These were the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.) – Numbers 27:12-14

Amidst God’s provision at the spring in Meribah (Rephidim) Kadesh the Israelites rebelled and desired to return to Egypt.  They quarreled with Moses about the water and how it was not what they wanted or needed.  Moses did not stand up for God and trust his provision, but instead deferred to the grumbling Israelites.   Moses failed the “Meribah Test” and the consequences are not good for him or the Israelites.  Moses gets to look upon the promised land but he does not get to go there.  How must Moses have felt to have led the Israelites through the desert and he is essentially told by God here that he did this, not for himself, but for the nation of Israel and for those to come.

This scene reminds me of a scene from Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, one of my favorite authors.  The main character, Frodo, is talking to Sam his faithful companion.  They have just been to hell and back after successfully taking the “one ring” to Mordor where it could be destroyed.  Here is the exchange.

“But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”
 

It must have been heartbreaking for Moses, just as it was for Frodo that after all the hard work they would not be able to partake of the “promised land” that they sacrificed and worked so hard to make possible.  I think God has a “promised land” for each of us.  It would be easy to think of this promised land as heaven and the kingdom of God that Jesus speaks about, but I think God can provide a “promised land” here on earth for those who follow him faithfully.  What does this promised land look like here on earth for Christians?

As I ponder this I realize I have a better sense of what the “promised land ” here on earth does not look like than what it does look like.  It does not look like a large house with new cars and lots of money.  It does not look like a utopia where everyone gets along and there is no conflict.  It does not look like a mega-church with an espresso bar and valet parking.  It does not look like a “comfortable” church where everything always happens the same way and no spiritually curious God seekers come seeking God.  It does not look like a group of people who all agree and frown on discussion about what it means to follow Christ and share the gospel.  It does not look like a group of Christ followers for whom music or worship style is more important than feeding the hungry, finding the lost, and leading people to know and love Christ.

So what does the promised land look like here on earth?  I think it looks like a God-filled adventure.  We may be called to rappel off cliffs, provide food for the hungry, water for the thirsty, or truth to the lost.  The “promised land” here on earth is not a comfortable coffin in which we can await Christ’s return.  It is a wild whitewater adventure where we must hang on tight as God steers the boat and we paddle like heck when we are called to do so.

Prayer: Lord help me to keep my eyes on You and the great adventure you have in store for me here on earth. 

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Planted by the River

Posted on September 6, 2014 by wamplerp

By the RiverHow lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!  Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.  Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.  – Numbers 24:5-8

Rivers can be dynamic and dangerous places, but they can also be some of the most peaceful and beautiful places on earth.  God is like this…the lion and the lamb.  When we plant ourselves by the River that is the living water of God we should be prepared for both freedom and floods.

I have had the good fortune to work on, or near, rivers for about the last 20 years.  I have seen beavers slap their tails at my approach; gone for a refreshing swim after eating my lunch; floated through rapids on my back; been thrown from a raft in whitewater, snapped an oar while navigating a rapid, and I have been charged by a crazed salmon ready to spawn.  In my wandering along the river banks I have often felt like the Mole in the book Wind in the Willows:

“The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.”
 

I love the imagery of the gardens by a river in this passage.  I picture lush vegetation not lacking for anything it needs, sending out deep roots to drink in the water.  I think God wants us to be like this with Him — planted by the river, sending our spiritual roots deep into his spirit for nourishment.  The description of water flowing from Israels’ buckets is one of miraculous abundance, perhaps a foreshadowing of the fish and the loaves Jesus provided to his followers.

God leaves the Israelites with a promise that their seed will be in many waters.  I picture the seeds of a cottonwood tree that spread and disperse widely floating on the river.  As a follower of Christ I am in a sense one of the products of these “seeds”.  Jesus calls on us to in turn spread the “seed” of the Gospel.

Prayer: God help me to remember your promise to provide the water that my soul needs to thrive and produce lush vegetation and fruit, sinking my spiritual roots deeply in your Spirit.

SDG
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God Believes in Us!

Posted on September 5, 2014 by wamplerp

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it, about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah.  – Numbers 21:17-18

Singing about the well seems to be an interesting turnaround for the Israelites.  They have become adept at complaining and pining to go back to the relative comfort and familiarity of Egypt.  Even though with that comfort and familiarity comes enslavement.  Here they sing about a well which was provided by earthly rulers.

The Israelites give credit for the well not to God but to the “princes” and “nobles” with their staffs and scepters.  This is an active turning away from the leadership and provision of the God who sees them.  Why is it easier for the Israelites to give thanks and credit to earthly rulers than to God?  Is it easier for me to give thanks for things than the giver of those things?  If I am honest I have to admit that it is sometimes easier to be thankful for things than the giver of those things.  God rarely shows up in a tangible way, yet he is there.  Perhaps we desire for God to show up in a more tangible way.

I remember a movie that came out in the 70’s called “O God” where God did show up in the form of George Burns — who was about as old as God.  The movie also featured John Denver, who was perhaps better known for his singing than his acting.  George Burn’s version of God was interestingly “edgy”, but he portrayed a God who deep down loves and cares for each one of us.  Which I think is consistent with the God I know as well.  Here is a quote from George Burns as God in the movie:

“I know how hard it is in these times to have faith. But maybe if you could have the faith to start with, maybe the times would change. You could change them. Think about it. Try. And try not to hurt each other. There’s been enough of that. It really gets in the way. I’m a God of very few words and Jerry’s already given you mine. However hopeless, helpless, mixed up and scary it all gets, it can work. If you find it hard to believe in me, maybe it would help you to know that I believe in you.”
 

I agree that God believes in us and it is up to us to follow Him regardless of where it leads.  He believes in us even when we are not sure we believe in Him!  How amazing is that!

Prayer: God thank you that you believe in us.  Help me to give thanks for You and for all things.

SDG
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Matters of Grace

Posted on September 4, 2014 by wamplerp

From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”  Numbers 21:16

Apparently there are blessings, i.e. the water from the passage, that God can only give when we are in community.  Moses was directed to gather the Israelites before they could receive the water blessing.  God thinks community is important.  This is a message for those who prefer to worship God by themselves on a mountain top.  I was one of these people in college.  I thought I could worship God better by myself on a mountaintop (not with those imperfect hypocrites in a church building).  What I failed to see was my own imperfections and hypocrisy — which easily rivalled those of the people I was judging.  I don’t think God wants us to be lonely followers.  We are to be faithful followers of him all travelling in the same direction rather than rugged individualists complaining about each other along the way.

Why is it better to travel together in community?  God seems to be saying to the Israelites and Moses that they will miss out on God’s full blessings, or at least miss something wonderful, that can only be revealed through being in community.  Life together in community is messy.  One person leaves their dirty underwear in the bathroom, another drips toothpaste on the sink, another leaves their clothes on the floor, and another sings off key.  How can we be in christian community without driving each other nuts?

It seems like we need to be able to distinguish between “matters of taste” and “matters of grace”.  Matters of taste would be things like music and worship style, sunday school format, and the order of a service.  “Matters of grace” would be things like does God love us no matter what we have done?  What does God need us to do to help a single mom or a lonely widow?  It seems to me that Jesus spent most of his time dealing with “matters of grace” and almost no time dealing with “matters of taste”.  So if we are to follow His example perhaps we should do the same.

Christian community requires hard work.  It does not seem to come “naturally”.  Why not?  I think this is because our battle for cohesion and community is not strictly within the earthly realm.  There is a spiritual realm and there is a battle going on for our souls.  C.S. Lewis provided a great fictional view of this battle going on for our souls in the “Screwtape Letters”.  His insights into the intrigue and complex battle for our souls is very instructive.  As we try to live in community it might be helpful to consider that there may be other voices contributing to our conversations and interactions.  These voices can sometimes make it difficult to hear God.

Prayer:  Lord encourage me to seek community and be willing to participate in the hard work required to follow you with others.

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Do you need that…or do you just want it?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by wamplerp

Abby_on_couchThey traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” – Numbers 21:4-5

There is no bread….there is no water.  These Israelites are unhappy campers!  How often do we want something different than what God offers?  God is providing the Israelites with what they need, but not necessarily what they want.    I have had some experience with this…my wife and I were dirt poor when I was going through graduate school and we were trying to furnish our house.  We were searching at garage sales and second hand stores for a couch.  We finally found one at an estate sale that we liked.  We began to examine it and discuss the price and whether it was something we could afford.

The woman running the sale was watching us and finally came over and asked  us a strange question.  She said “do you need that couch or do you just want it?”  My wife and I looked at each other and realized that the woman’s question to us was much larger than a couch and it reverberates through our decisions to this day.  We often ask ourselves whether we need something or if we just want it.  The Israelites clearly could have asked the same question.  How do we discern the difference between a want and a need?

I think the only way to tell the difference is through carefully listening to God to determine whether our needs line up with God’s perspective.  This can be tricky as something can look like a lot like a need from our earthly perspective when it is in fact only a want from God’s perspective.  For example, I may feel like I need to buy a new kayak.  How do I determine whether I need the new kayak or I just want the new Kayak?  I had an experience once when I was finishing graduate school which taught me about the difference from God’s perspective.

I was finishing my degree in geology and I had the opportunity to take a job working for the State of Oregon as an environmental specialist.  I distinctly remember praying in the shower for guidance from God on this important life choice that would affect my future for years to come.  The answer I got was not what I expected.  I felt that God was responding with a question for me.  He was asking me whether I wanted the job or not.  He seemed to be saying that this choice was really mine to make.  He also seemed to be saying that as long as I continued to walk with Him all would be well whether I took the job or not.  In this case I needed a job…but God allowed me to choose what I wanted.  I ended up taking the job and God has honored that choice in amazing ways.  I learned that it is important to ask God each and every time we are faced with a question of need versus want, even if the answer is different than we expect.  God knows what we need.

Prayer:  God thank you for the freedom of choice you give us.  Help us to discern wants from needs and to trust that you to know what is best for us.

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The “Meribah Test”

Posted on September 2, 2014 by wamplerp

IMGP1935At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah. – Numbers 20:23-24

There are consequences to choosing to “remain in Egypt“.  God wants to provide for us and if we choose to reject his provision we may miss the promised land he has for us.  Aaron and Moses chose poorly when they did not trust God at Meribah.  They led the Israelites away from a deeper relationship with God rather than toward his kingdom.

I think as Christians we should apply a “Meribah test” to all of our choices and actions.  Does what we plan to do or say lead people toward a deeper relationship with God or away from it?  In a previous post we talked about how traditions and rules can encrust the blessings of God to the point that the original kernel of the Gospel is hard to see.  It would be easy to blame our institutions and christian communities for all the ways that we do not effectively relay God’s love, but I think we must apply the “Meribah test” to ourselves as individuals in order to change the trajectory of the church (the body of Christ not the building).

What would the “Meribah test” look like in practice.  On one level it might look like a WWJD bracelet that reminds us to reflect on what actions would most reflect what Jesus would do in a given situation.  As much as I like the concept of the WWJD movement it seems a bit like a young football player asking himself what would Peyton Manning do in order to become a better football player.  It may help, but it misses the fact that the young football player may have different skills, experience, and gifts than Peyton Manning.  Let me be clear here — aspiring to be like Jesus is what we should all be doing.  I am just saying that it may not be the encouragement and grace we need in a given situation to best lead people toward God.

For example, I do not have an amazing redemption story in which I was saved from drug addiction, abuse, or some other “dramatic” sin.  My conversion story is one of battling my own self focus and the need to know on an intellectual level.  This has given me a unique set of skills and experience than someone else might not have.  My “Meribah test” will thus look different than someone else’s.  The only way to effectively apply one’s own Meribah test is to be in tune with the Holy Spirit and prayerfully approach each day with a humble spirit and spiritual whiskers.  We can’t all be Peyton Manning, nor should we be, but we can sure make a difference on any given play.

Prayer: God help me to follow you and use all the ways you have made me unique to lead others toward you.

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Choosing the King’s Highway

Posted on September 1, 2014 by wamplerp

Please let us pass through your country. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”   But Edom answered: “You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”   The Israelites replied: “We will go along the main road, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only want to pass through on foot—nothing else.”   Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army. Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them. – Numbers 20:17-21

This story, immediately following the miracle of the water from the rock at Meribah, is a dramatic example of what it looks like to miss out on the blessing that God intended because of an inability to follow faithfully (God provided for the Israelites in the desert but they seem to have forgotten).  I am somewhat amazed by the distance we have come from the Exodus God who see me and the provider of hidden wells.  The Israelites are ready to follow the “king’s highway” rather than God’s Kingdom.  Why would they do this?  I think it comes down to a short memory and a dislike of Manna.

The Israelites are trading what they view as the risky and uncertain provision of God for the certainty of an earthly ruler and a “king’s road”.  This is the next step in a progression of replacing God’s leadership; first with Moses and Aaron, later the judges, and finally the kings and governments to come.  This is part of a “slow fade” from the kingship of God and participation in his kingdom to a complete abandonment and rejection of God when he arrives as Jesus and is crucified.  The Israelites were given a choice when Jesus came and asked people to follow him — they chose the Romans over God.

I am reminded of a line from one of my favorite movies “the Kid” with Bruce Willis.  The main character has come face to face with his 10-year old self.  At one point in the movie Bruce Willis’ character is going through a series of mistakes that he has made, and the younger version will make.  The younger version exclaims “when will we stop messing up!”  I think we as Christians can join the Israelites in saying the same thing…when will we stop messing up — placing other things and people in a position that is more important than God.

So the hard question is — do I seed control to someone or something other than God?  What ways do I trade God’s Kingdom for the earthly certainty and the “King’s road”?  I have to admit that the list is long for me, but perhaps the most prominent is actually an intangible force called “busyness”.  I allow my schedule and demands on my time to dictate who and what I will do rather than God.  I can remember a time recently when I felt God nudging me to take time to talk with a friend who was hurting.  I am sorry to say that on that occasion my schedule won and I did not listen to God’s call.  I may never know what would have happened — I can only know what happens when I am obedient.

Prayer: God help me to place your kingdom above all else in my life, even when the other roads seems safer and easier.

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Faithful Following

Posted on August 31, 2014 by wamplerp

Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. The Lord said to Moses, “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”   So Moses took the staff from the Lord ’s presence, just as he commanded him. He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.   But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”   These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.  – Numbers 20:6-13

This is a continuation of the passage from yesterday’s post when the Israelites complain that there is no water to drink.  It is reminiscent of the account in Exodus when Moses brings forth water from the rock at Horeb (Exodus 17:5-7) when the Israelites were asking themselves whether the Lord was among them or not.  Moses and Aaron seem to be at the end of their ropes.  They place themselves and the well being of the Israelites in God’s hands as they fall on their knees before God.  God shows up.  But God is not happy with Moses and Aaron’s response to the rebellious Israelites.  God needed them to follow him in leading the people regardless of how rebellious or oblivious the Israelites were.

Some of you may have noticed I am a C.S. Lewis fan.  His fiction and non-fiction provides some amazing insights into our christian journey.  Some of his non-fiction can be slow going and philosophical, but his fiction books are studded with hidden gems of understanding and insight.  One of my favorite parts of the Narnia series is from Prince Caspian.  The children, who are the main characters in the stories, have been whisked from a railway station back to Narnia.  They were summoned by Prince Caspian calling upon Aslan (the Christ figure) for help.

As they are making their way toward Prince Caspian to help they become lost and very discouraged (kind of like the Israelites here).  Lucy yearns to experience the old Narnia she remembers from her previous visit, especially Aslan.  Aslan meets her alone on a walk through the woods and instructs her to wake the others and follow a certain path.  The others must simply trust her account of meeting Aslan and his direction to follow him.  Lucy’s faith in Aslan falters and she begins to doubt her meeting with Aslan.  The group ends up voting against Lucy to go by a different and disastrous path which almost kills them.  Here is the conversation between Aslan and Lucy about her decision to go along with the group and take the wrong path even though she knew the right path that Aslan set out for her (and her alone):

“But what would have been the good?”
Aslan said nothing.
“You mean,” said Lucy rather faintly, “that it would have turned out all right – somehow? But how? Please, Aslan! Am I not to know?”
“To know what would have happened, child?” said Aslan. “No. Nobody is ever told that.”
“Oh dear,” said Lucy.
“But anyone can find out what will happen,” said Aslan. “If you go back to the others now, and wake them up; and tell them you have seen me again; and that you must all get up at once and follow me – what will happen? There is only one way of finding out.”  ― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian

Lucy wakes the group and recounts her second meeting with Aslan and states that she must follow him even if the others do not, but here is the catch — the others will not be able to see him at first.  They must follow Lucy who is in turn following Aslan.  Only after starting their journey will they begin to see Aslan who is leading them.  This is an amazing picture of what discipleship and Christian leadership is supposed to be like.  We are called to lead others to follow Christ, even if they cannot see him so clearly themselves.

I think Aaron and Moses were behaving a bit like Lucy after her first meeting with Aslan.  They were bowing to the peer pressure of the “rebels” and not trusting God to provide for His people — they lacked faith.  There is a cost for Aaron and Moses’ lack of faith, just like there was a cost for Lucy for her lack of faith.  They will never know what would have happened had they fully obeyed and trusted God.

Even as God provides the miraculous water from the rock through Moses and Aaron it is clear that the Israelites, and Aaron and Moses, lack of faith will cost them the promised land.  Part of me wants to cry foul, but the reality is God did provide for the Israelites even in their unbelief and lack of faith.  They just missed something better that would have come had they been able to trust God and see his kingdom on earth rather than the immediate desert patch in front of them.  They lacked the posture and perspective that would have allowed them to see God during this hard time.

Prayer: Lord give me the eyes to see your kingdom here on earth and help me to lead others who cannot yet see it.

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