The Seen.. And The Unseen..

In my last post, I told you that I was exiting the matrix of fear, hate, anger, and envy, and that I was trying to come from a place of faith and love moving forward. I realized in researching, in meeting new people, and in sitting back and perceiving, that I was not only ignorant, but I was also manipulated by powers that be. This is the reason why I wanted this to be a place to learn about each other, and a place to learn in general. A social media post yesterday and the quotes on my daily planner for yesterday and today made me want this even more.

I will preface what happened yesterday, with the two quotes from my daily planner. Yesterday’s quote by A. W. Tozer “We must shift our interest from the seen to the unseen. For the great unseen Reality is God” and Today’s quote – 2 Corinthians 4:18 “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”. In thinking about those, I realize I am learning a similar lesson for the second time in my life. Long ago I met someone who I did not like very well because of what I could see, or more what I thought I was seeing. To their credit, they actually had the chutzpah to approach me and say “you do not like me very much do you?” to which I responded “not really”. Then the big discussion begins with the question “why?”. So we sat, and I explained from my viewpoint, why. This allowed him to make some admittance to truths that I had only partially correct. But, there was so much that I couldn’t see and he took the time to broaden my view. Needless to say, although it has been many years since I have seen him, that day and that discussion changed much in our relationship for the better.

Fast forward to today’s world. I believe there is far more unseen, than seen. And we continue to allow what we see to shape us, instead of allowing the unseen time to surface. This leads me to yesterday’s post. A friend was pointing out people’s hypocrisy in relation to their responses to different acts committed by the same person. I responded that one problem is that not everyone is being held to the same standard, and that many are defending people they shouldn’t with whom they politically agree and then not defending people they should with whom they politically disagree. And even more so that neither is showing love and both say they want it.

Today I gave further thought to her post and my comment. Today I began to question was I a hypocrite. Was I commenting based on only what I could see and not allowing for truths that might be unseen. We all say we want to have really needed, hard discussions. Do we really? Because if we did, we would be coming from a very open-minded, open-hearted place. We would be willing to not only speak our truth, but to hear and feel the pain of the truth of someone else. For if I am to believe, and I do, that WE ARE ALL created in the likeness of our creator and that likeness is the spirit of love, than I also must be willing to share the pain of what takes people away from that spirit and I must be willing to do my part in helping not only myself, but them get back to it.

Also, today I saw an additional comment had been added to that post by a new commenter and I responded to that. I wanted to also share this, as it is food for thought for us all. The additional comment to the post was “How are the mighty fallen?” and my response “The mighty fall from the weak and the wise fall from the foolish”. The actual verse from 1 Corinthians 1:27 is “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty”. So until next time, I leave you with this: It is my goal moving forward, that no matter the topic, I will try to address it from the foolish and wise, the mighty and weak, and the seen and unseen.