“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
We read this yesterday in my Bible study, on the aftermath of the previous day’s police shootings in Dallas. It is an odd juxtaposition, but on reading it I immediately thought of a recent experience where, playing golf on a hot day, the clubhouse had an Igloo cooler full of ice and wet towels. The towel was just the right thing on a hot summer day — refreshing, needed, appreciated. Likewise, this passage hit the spot. It helps me remember that I can’t and don’t necessarily need to immediately make sense out of every event that occurs (unless I am in trial, in which case I need to object immediately). It reminds me that sometimes, often, when I jump to conclusions I come to the wrong one.
It occurs to me... 