I couldn’t always identify who belonged to what side of the family and
the holiday and reunion photos began to look like intertwining vines rather than
branches.
I finally decided to lessen my heartburn by simply taking out the
photos that I want to keep and boxing up the remaining collection to pass on to
the next person in line.
However, as I sorted the photos I throw away many that were of people I
don’t know - those with no names or dates written on the back, no family resemblances,
and no identifiable homesteads and outbuildings.
Discarding a photograph is much different than discarding a soul, but
there is a commonality. “Many will say to
me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name
drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell
them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (Matt
7:22-23 NIV)
1 comment:
Gail;
-----I find it interesting that these evildoers were never known by God, yet His eyes “…are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.” (Prov 15:3). If watching every action of a person in his lifetime would seem to provide enough information to form knowledge, then you would surely think searching their hearts would, “For he knows the secrets of the heart.” (Ps 44:21b)
-----Beyond being an idiomatic expression still used today, that God sees everything from its fruits to its roots in the depths of every heart and mind shows His incredible intimacy. That He knows the secrets of the heart means He knows every option and alternative every person has contemplated, every feeling and inkling involved with each, and every attitude and habit from which these came. Yet He does not know the very evildoers whom He can define and describe even better than can they themselves.
-----It comforts me to know there is something more to God’s knowing than just His observing.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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