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| I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I SEE!!! |
It is not often that I get to see what I look like after a Divine Appointment with my Lord. But two weeks after being given eyes to see at the DMV, my new driver’s license arrived!
It is not often that I get to see what I look like after a Divine Appointment with my Lord. But two weeks after being given eyes to see at the DMV, my new driver’s license arrived.
There are some things we receive in the mail that are downright delightful! Like a check, a letter or card from somebody we love, a book we ordered…or a renewed Driver’s License! The photo absolutely reflected a grateful heart. Yes, I looked like a convict - most DMV cameras do seem to capture that image, don’t they? But I looked like a convict who was mercifully set free!
I live a miraculous life! So do you! I have eyes to see Divine Moments. So do you! And if you don’t, just ask Him to give you eyes to see. I know He is faithful when we ask this because when I was a child, I saw a picture of Jesus and I told Him I wanted to really see Him. Jesus never forgot that prayer...
Year after year, He sent me Notice after Notice, and year after year, notice after notice, I forfeited my appointment to see Him. When I finally showed up, I got in the wrong line. But He nudged me into the one He reserved just for me. Then He made me sit and wait with time on my hands, until I had eyes to see myself as a sinner and see him as my Savior. And all the while, He was saving my life in the midst of calamities - and even death - because nothing was going to keep Him from that Divine Appointment we made years ago.
One day I will have the Ultimate Vision Test, and I will stand before my Lord. There won’t be any charts to read. He’ll invite me to come closer. Then He’ll say, “Who do you see?” And because of all the Divine Moments where He revealed Himself to me as the Savior of Divine Love, Divine Mercy, and Divine Grace, I will reply: “I see my Savior”. He’ll look into my eyes and say, “You have eyes to see”. And off I will go to Eternity - the place where He is and I will see His glory!
I have a poem to summarize this message:
Psalm 37:23: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in his way”. (NLT: “…He delights in every detail of his life…”
Ephesians 2:3b-5 “…we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved.”
“And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered’…” “Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.” Exodus 24:4
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1John 5:11-13
“Come and listen, all you who fear God; and let me tell you what he has done for me”. Psalm 66:16
“…Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deut. 4:9
Psalm 146:8 “…the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.” “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be”. Psalm 139:16
Acts 17:26b “…and He determines the times set for them and the exact places where they should live…”
John 17: 22, 23, 24a: “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. I in them and you in me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory…”
It is not often that I get to see what I look like after a Divine Appointment with my Lord. But two weeks after being given eyes to see at the DMV, my new driver’s license arrived.
There are some things we receive in the mail that are downright delightful! Like a check, a letter or card from somebody we love, a book we ordered…or a renewed Driver’s License! The photo absolutely reflected a grateful heart. Yes, I looked like a convict - most DMV cameras do seem to capture that image, don’t they? But I looked like a convict who was mercifully set free!
I live a miraculous life! So do you! I have eyes to see Divine Moments. So do you! And if you don’t, just ask Him to give you eyes to see. I know He is faithful when we ask this because when I was a child, I saw a picture of Jesus and I told Him I wanted to really see Him. Jesus never forgot that prayer...
Year after year, He sent me Notice after Notice, and year after year, notice after notice, I forfeited my appointment to see Him. When I finally showed up, I got in the wrong line. But He nudged me into the one He reserved just for me. Then He made me sit and wait with time on my hands, until I had eyes to see myself as a sinner and see him as my Savior. And all the while, He was saving my life in the midst of calamities - and even death - because nothing was going to keep Him from that Divine Appointment we made years ago.
One day I will have the Ultimate Vision Test, and I will stand before my Lord. There won’t be any charts to read. He’ll invite me to come closer. Then He’ll say, “Who do you see?” And because of all the Divine Moments where He revealed Himself to me as the Savior of Divine Love, Divine Mercy, and Divine Grace, I will reply: “I see my Savior”. He’ll look into my eyes and say, “You have eyes to see”. And off I will go to Eternity - the place where He is and I will see His glory!
I have a poem to summarize this message:
I have a license to drive…with eyes that can’t see!
I have a Notice of Salvation…a sinner like me!
Moment by moment, The Divine picks the place
To awe me with wonders, and show me His face.
I’ll remember it all - I’ll write it down!
For those Moments happened on Holy Ground.
He writes my story line by line -
A marvelous creation - Divine by Design.
I find the miraculous - not the mundane
As I journey down Destiny Lane.
Come all! Sit at His feet, while He tells your story,
How moment by moment He leads you to Glory.
THE END
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SCRIPTURES
For
“Eyes to See”
Ephesians 2:3b-5 “…we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved.”
“And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered’…” “Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.” Exodus 24:4
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1John 5:11-13
“Come and listen, all you who fear God; and let me tell you what he has done for me”. Psalm 66:16
“…Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deut. 4:9
Psalm 146:8 “…the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.”
Acts 17:26b “…and He determines the times set for them and the exact places where they should live…”
John 17: 22, 23, 24a: “I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. I in them and you in me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory…”
Kathy!!!!! Fabulous!! You know, you have such a gift from God-- this ability to write it all down! I was so moved, especially by the poem. It's recently come to me, and I do feel like God is (gently) pounding this into my head, that "If you don't see God in the details of daily life, then you are missing out on the big picture." Obviously, the bigger picture is that Jesus Christ died for our sins and is our Savior, yes. But I think that that phrase more points to His "divine moments" that He orchestrates with us out of daily life, out of the mundane. It's like with parenting-- I keep seeing God's lessons! And who'd a thunk it!
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