The Woman Who Loved Much.

A Sinful Woman Forgiven

   
³⁶ Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. ³⁷ And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, ³⁸ and stood at His feet behindHim weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. ³⁹ Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.” 
⁴⁰ And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” 


So he said, “Teacher, say it.” 


⁴¹ “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. ⁴² And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” 


⁴³ Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” 
And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” ⁴⁴ Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. ⁴⁵ You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. ⁴⁶ You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. ⁴⁷ Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” 

⁴⁸ Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 

⁴⁹ And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” 

⁵⁰ Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”


To My Daughters,


This is my favorite story in the gospels.  The fruit of forgiveness is love.  True faith cannot be hidden.  It will reveal itself in love and worship.   Once you understand and "see" who you really are in the light of Jesus...in the light of all He has done for you...you, too, will fall at His feet in brokenness and worship.  This woman knew who Jesus was.  This woman understood how much she had been forgiven.  She understood that she was a sinner in need of a Savior.  She understood the enormity of what she had been saved from and the rest that Jesus offered. Consequently, she loved much. 


Warren Wiersbe points out rightly that Christ's invitation to come to Him for rest, Matthew 11:28-30 precedes Luke 7:36-50.  


Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”--Matthew 11:28-30



This woman came to Christ here and make no mistake it took much courage for a woman like her to come to the house of a Pharisee...the Pharisees had shown  nothing but contempt for sinners.  Upon coming, however, she found Jesus and she found rest.  Simon the Pharisee did not understand the debt he owed.  He did not "see" himself and therefore he did not "see" Jesus.  Simon was blinded by his own self righteousness. The evidence of his lack of love is clearly seen in this story. Simon gave Jesus no water or servant to wash His feet.  This was a huge oversight.  Washing a guest's feet was an essential formality...not offering was tantamount to insult. This woman not only washed Jesus feet and wiped them with her tears but also anointed them with an alabaster flask of fragrant oil that was probably worth two year's wages.  This woman loved much because she had been forgiven much.  Our faith is our access to God's grace.  The love poured out in this woman's heart was evidence of her salvation.  Her faith (which is a gift of God) had saved her.  


The contrast between the love and worship shown to Jesus by this prostitute and Simon the Pharisee whose life had been devoted to obeying the law of God is haunting. This woman's faith saved her...Simon's self sufficiency and self righteousness not only blinded him but damned him.   

Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” ....“Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

This is the same message Jesus has for all sinners who come to Him in sincerity and in truth seeking forgiveness and rest...no matter how vile...no matter how great a sinner...peace and rest are yours in Christ.


Love
Mom

Satan Silenced by Our Obedience to God...

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.
Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.” 

And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.  Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you. For I will accept him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”


So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD commanded them; for the LORD had accepted Job.  And the LORD restored Job’s losses^[a] when he prayed for his friends.




Dear Suzanne, Rebecca, Anna and Mikayla,


Look at that last verse.  When did the Lord restore Job's losses...when he prayed for his friends.  Now you and I both know how Job's "friends" added to his misery in their attempts to comfort him.  Their words were empty...without love...without heart.  


Job's friends were self-righteous and condescending.  They talked "at" Job not with him.  Their hearts toward him seemed pretty cold and detached from his suffering.  In fact, the guy they were calling a sinner was the guy the Lord asked to intercede for them!  Oh, the irony.  Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy.  Be careful how you speak to others...be careful how you speak about others.  Eventually God will deal with you!  


Let's get back to that last verse..Job's losses were restored when he prayed for his friends.  This is when Job was set free!  I love how this last verse reads in the King James. 


And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

and in the NIV:

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Job was released from captivity when he prayed for his "friends" who were critical and condescending toward him in a time of great suffering and grief.  We are to pray for our enemies and we are commanded to love them.  This is such a hard thing to do and it cannot be done without the love that the Holy Spirit has shed abroad in our hearts.  We are to pray God's riches blessings upon those who hate us, who slander us, who backbite and do all kinds of evil against us.  Now it is easy for me to pray for my enemies as David prayed...Lord break their teeth...but methinks God has something else in mind than that kind of prayer.  

Really thought on this one last night.  I thought about how the bible teaches that we are to do unto others as we want them to do to us.  Therefore, I should pray for others as I would want them to pray for me!  I reminded myself that God commands things that only bring about good for us and glory for Him.  If I believe this, then it is only my pride that keeps me from praying rightly for those that do not do me good.  

By the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in me then, I will obey my Father in Heaven and pray for those who persecute me and speak evil against me.  I will pray that God's richest blessings be upon them and their household.  God's richest blessing is salvation.  If this blessing occurs in the life of one of my enemies, they will no longer be my enemy. I will have gained a brother or sister through the putting aside of my bitterness and pride and yielding to the Lord.  James tells us that the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man yields much. Obey God.  Do those things He asks of us even though they seem hard...even though the very thought of it might make you feel ill.  As you obey His grace will be there and He will align your will with His.  Satan is silenced by submission to God's authority.  

NOTES ON JOB 32-37

Job 32:1-5 Job's friends cease from speaking because Job is still considering himself righteous. He is not admitting to any secret or protracted sin in his life.  Elihu...the youngest of the four comforters and one who has not spoken before can't keep from speaking now.  He is angry at the other three because they did not provide Job with a real answer and yet condemned him.  He is angry at Job because Job was justifying himself rather than God.




Job 32:6-22 Elihu says that he has held off from speaking because of his youth.  Now, however, he can't hold back.  If he does not speak, he will burst.  Elihu also implies that he will be speaking God's words.  This will be confirmed later on.  I am seeing a big red flag here...how about you?  Since the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God, Elihu would be better off if he kept quiet.  Elihu thinks he knows something.  We all have to be so careful here.  So many of us are quick to judge situations and circumstances we see in the lives of others without knowing all the facts...without having walked a mile in their shoes. We speak without a heart of love for the person we are trying to help.  Arrogance and pride are so easy for me to see in others...so much harder to see it in myself.  Praying that God will show me because I do not want to be an Elihu!!  Ever!  Praying that I will also pray more and speak less!

Job 33:1-7 These words of Elihu are so filled with Elihu that I must put them here.  No words of explanation are needed.  His own words testify to his pride and arrogance.


¹ “But please, Job, hear my speech,
      And listen to all my words.

 ² Now, I open my mouth;
      My tongue speaks in my mouth.

 ³ My words come from my upright heart;
      My lips utter pure knowledge.

 ⁴ The Spirit of God has made me,
      And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

 ⁵ If you can answer me,
      Set your words in order before me;
      Take your stand.

 ⁶ Truly I am as your spokesman^[a] before God;
      I also have been formed out of clay.

 ⁷ Surely no fear of me will terrify you,
      Nor will my hand be heavy on you.

Job 33:8-33 Elihu responds to Job's claims of innocence and also to his claim  that God was his enemy.  The two did not add up.  God is gracious.  He is not your enemy, Job, says Elihu.

Job had also complained that God did not speak to him.  Elihu responds by saying God speaks to us in various ways (dreams, visions, special messengers) and that God does not need to defend his actions before man.  Elihu claims to be God's messenger to show Job that God is not whimsical. He does what He does because He wants to direct Job away from the pit and restore him back to Himself. Elihu is implying that Job was not hearing from God because Job was not listening. Job should listen to one as Elihu to teach him wisdom. God was using Elihu to get Job back on a godly path!  Truly I feel for Job here.

Job 34:1-35:16  Elihu proclaims God's justice.  He is angry at Job because Job has said that God had taken away his justice and that it does not profit a man to delight in God.  Elihu says that God is not manipulated by man's actions and does not do wickedly nor does he pervert justice.  God also does not show partiality.  Elihu says that Job is sinning by how he is speaking about God.   He counsels Job to wait on God and to be patient....


Job 36:1-37:24  Here is where Elihu very clearly claims to be speaking for God.


² “Bear with me a little, and I will show you
      That there are yet words to speak on God’s behalf.
 ³ I will fetch my knowledge from afar;
      I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.


Elihu then goes on to speak of God's goodness, greatness and majesty in His dealings with man be they righteous or wicked and in his dealings with nature. His advice to Job is to stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.  In view of such greatness what can man teach God.  


Applications for us...

If you can get beyond Elihu's arrogance in Chapter 33 (a big IF) he does say some pretty insightful stuff.

Here are some verses that spoke to my heart.


Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.

Why do we contend with God?  The Lord is sovereign.  He can do what He wishes...He is God.  That sounds pretty frightening but not if we remember that God sent His Son to die for us when we were still His enemy. He has proven His great love for us.  Rest in His love...allow Him to complete the good work He began in you. 

33:14-18  God does speak to us in various ways to keep us from our own purposes.  This is ALWAYS a blessing.

33:19-22  God also speak to us through trials.  Pain has a purpose.  In these verses Elihu tells Job that his suffering is not punishment but to keep him from going in a direction that is harmful.  

Job 33:23-26  I see Jesus in these verses.  Read them for yourself and see what I mean.  

“If there is a messenger for him,
      A mediator, one among a thousand,
      To show man His uprightness,
 ²⁴ Then He is gracious to him, and says,

      ‘ Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
      I have found a ransom’;
 ²⁵ His flesh shall be young like a child’s,
      He shall return to the days of his youth.
 ²⁶ He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
      He shall see His face with joy, 
For He restores to man His righteousness.

Jesus paid the ransom...He can give us new life and render to man His righteousness.  WOW! WOW! WOW!  Jesus is the gracious One.  He is our Deliverer.

Job 33:27-28  I see Jesus also in these verses...the gospel is evident.  Read them and see once again for yourself.


²⁷ Then he looks at men and says,

      ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
      And it did not profit me.’
 ²⁸ He will redeem his^[b] soul from going down to the Pit,
      And his^[c] life shall see the light.


Man must first admit that he has sinned and God will redeem him and his life shall see the light!  Can I hear another WOW!!

Chapter 34 again shows us Elihu's arrogance.  We also see that he does not speak accurately in regard to what Job has spoken.  In this he bears false witness against Job.  The application for us in this is to listen carefully and speak only truth.

This verse spoke to my heart:


“For has anyone said to God,

      ‘I have borne chastening;
      I will offend no more;
 ³² Teach me what I do not see;
      If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?


Our God is the One who sees.  We see through the mirror darkly.  We do not know anywhere near what God knows about our circumstances.  Neither do we know His purposes.  Ask God to show you those things that are not right in your life...that are not pleasing to Him.  Trust Him and wait on Him in whatever situation you are in...He is the God that performs all things well.

Should He repay it according to your terms, (vs 33)


Do you really want God to do things the way you want Him to?  God is my Father...I am but a child...not knowing as Solomon said how to go in or go out.


Thus ends 32-37...on to 38-42.  Some of my favorite chapters.

Notes on Job 29, 30, and 31...

To My Daughters:

Listen to the first few verses of Chapter 29:

Job further continued his discourse, and said: “Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent; When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;

Job missed his God and he missed his children. He was feeling alone and abandoned.

The rest of chapter 29 finds Job longing for his past. Now it is helpful and good during times of trial to remember God's faithfulness and his past blessings. I do not think, however, that this is what Job is doing here. It is also normal, when we are grieving, to look back at the past and wish it could be like that again.  This kind of thinking is not very helpful because we are dwelling on what made us happy and comfortable rather than God's eternal desire for our holiness.  All of us do this but to spend much time there is a mistake. We are focusing on that “me, myself and I” rather than looking outward and seeing what God might have for us in the moment...what he might be wanting to accomplish in us and through us in the trial we are facing. 

Putting all that aside if we go through the chapter what you discover is that Job was a very godly man. He spoke with authority and his counsel was sought. He took care of the poor, the fatherless, the helpless and the oppressed. He caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Righteousness clothed him and justice was his robe. He was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. Job was Jesus to those around him.

Chapter 30 we find Job moving from the past to the present and lamenting his losses. Men mock him...he is their taunting song...a byword. His riches are gone, his body is diseased and is heart is grieved. Verse 20 tells us that he feels that God has deserted him and further down his hope is now darkness. I have felt this way in times of grief. (I am sure not to the extent that Job did)...but all of us at one time or another in our lives will feel cornered with no room to move forward or backward. The only thing we can do is stay in the present and endure. We cannot go back to the past...it is gone. We cannot endure the pain of the present and the future seems dark, full of unknowns and frightening to face.

I am so grateful for Jesus during these times of grief and suffering. I take comfort in the fact that He has gone before and has borne my griefs and carried my sorrows. He does not change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. My reality is that my past is taken care...my sins are forgiven. My present reality is that He is always with me...that in Him I live and move and have my being. My future is bright because He is my sure and certain hope. I will “awake” in His likeness.

Job continues his claim that he is innocent of any pattern of sin and desires that God would answer him and tell him why he was suffering.  Chapter 31 can be used as a  “spiritual inventory”. Job is going through sins that he did NOT commit.  I liked the list of questions that Warren Wiersbe puts together for us to ask ourselves from chapter 31. I will close with it.

Do you have eyes that wander lustfully (vv. 1–4)

or feet that move deceitfully (vv. 5–8)?

Has lust been fulfilled in overt sin (vv. 9–12)?

Have you treated others as God wants them treated (vv. 13–23)?

Have you coveted wealth or been proud of what you possess (vv. 24–28)?

How do you respond to the suffering of an enemy (vv. 29–30)

or the needs of a stranger (vv. 31–34)?

Are you a faithful steward of the natural resources God gives (vv. 38–40)?

Love

Mom

Wisdom...Job 28

To My Daughters,

Though Job had agreed that the wicked suffer, this did not explain why he was suffering...since Job was righteous.  Job asks his friends to consider that maybe God’s wisdom was beyond their understanding. (You think?) That is the theme of this chapter. “The wisdom of God is not gained by natural or theoretical knowledge. What God does not reveal, we can’t know.

The question then at the outset of this study is how do we gain the wisdom of God if it is not gained by natural means?

Verses 1-11 of Chapter 28 is chockful of mining references. Men spend much time and much effort mining for precious things. 

Verses 12-20 of chapter 28 sum it all up:

12 “But where can wisdom be found?
 And where is the place of understanding?

13 Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

14 The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
 And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

15 It cannot be purchased for gold,
 Nor can silver be weighed for its price.

16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
 in precious onyx or sapphire.

17 Neither gold nor crystal can equal it,
 Nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.

18 No mention shall be made of coral or quartz,
 For the price of wisdom is above rubies.

19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
 Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

20 “From where then does wisdom come?
 And where is the place of understanding?

21 It is hidden from the eyes of all living,
 And concealed from the birds of the air.

22 Destruction and Death say,

 ‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’

23 God understands its way, And He knows its place.

24 For He looks to the ends of the earth,
 And sees under the whole heavens,

25 To establish a weight for the wind,
 And apportion the waters by measure.

26 When He made a law for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt,

27 Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
 He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.

28 And to man He said,

‘ Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, 
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

Did you get that? No amount of effort on a human being's part will yield God's wisdom. It can't be valued or found in the world. It can't be bought and neither the living or the dead can find it.

Wisdom can only be found in God. The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding. Solomon the wisest man on earth searched out this very matter...here is his conclusion.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

 Fear God and keep His commandments, 
For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, 
Including every secret thing, 
Whether good or evil.--Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

True wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:7; 9:10; 15:33; 19:23). When we honor Him and seek to please Him, He teaches us His wisdom and His way

James tells us that if we lack wisdom we are to ask God for it. He will give it liberally and without reproach. 

Paul tells us that the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Jesus Christ. (Colossians 2:3)

I discovered this very thing at the moment of my salvation. A veil was lifted off of my eyes and I understood that the true wisdom I needed...the true wisdom I had desired for so long...would be found in Him. All we need for life and godliness is in the Scriptures. Everything we need to know to get through this day and the next can be found in our God. Stand in awe of Him, girls.  Talk to Him and walk with Him. He is awesome. He is gracious. He is good and He will become whatever you need.  Begin and end each and every day with Him. Be desperate for Him. Search for Him and you will find the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.--Deuteronomy 29:29

Love

Mom

NO CONDEMNATION,,,

Job begins Chapter 27 by defending his righteousness (1-12) and ends (13-23) by making it clear that the wicked do not go unpunished, but that that did not explain why he was suffering.  Job was a righteous man...and yet he was faced unrelenting suffering and grief. 

Where did my heart focus in Chapter 27? I looked at verses 1-10 and thought on righteousness. Christ is my righteousness.  

Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:

“As God lives, who has taken away my justice, And the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, As long as my breath is in me,
 And the breath of God in my nostrils, My lips will not speak wickedness,
 Nor my tongue utter deceit. Far be it from me
 That I should say you are right; 
 Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; My heart shall not reproach me as long as I live. “May my enemy be like the wicked, And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous. For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
 Though he may gain much,
 If God takes away his life? Will God hear his cry
 When trouble comes upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty Will he always call on God?” ?--Job 27:1-10

Job holds on to his integrity. He maintains his righteousness.

He refuses to feel personal condemnation for the secret sins his friends suspected he had committed. Which you know...we know he did not.  God Himself told us Job was righteous way back in Chapter 1. Job said that his heart would not reproach him as long as he lived. First John 3, verse 20 says this:

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

There is no condemnation for those of us who are in Christ Jesus. That is our position in Christ.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Christ gave His life for us...He is not going to turn around and condemn us. His sacrifice on the cross made our justification possible. We have what Job wanted...an Advocate with the Father, Jesus the Righteous is on our side.

Job so wanted to take God to court and get his grievances aired and settled. God was not working according to Job's plan. We all want to do this very thing from time to time especially when we feel we are being unfairly treated.

How blessed we are, then, that our righteousness comes from Him...it is His job, not ours, to defend it. Once we are declared righteous by God we cannot be declared unrighteous. He is the God who sees. He knows the truth and is a righteous Judge. The battle is not ours to fight..it is His. Girls, this is one of the hardest things for us humans...to acknowledge our own helplessness and trust God to fight the battles. We want to jump in and when we do we only wind up hurting ourselves and others around us. Wait on God...His timing and plans are perfect! The next time you are offended, falsely accused, or betrayed be still and know that He is God and commit yourself to Him. Follow Jesus' example who was delivered to death for our offenses and "And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth."





CLANGING CYMBALS...JOB 26

But Job answered and said:“How have you helped him who is without power?
 How have you saved the arm that has no strength? How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?  And how have you declared sound advice to many? To whom have you uttered words?
  And whose spirit came from you? “The dead tremble,
  Those under the waters and those inhabiting them. Sheol is naked before Him,
  And Destruction has no covering.


TO MY DAUGHTERS,

We find Job rebuking Bildad in the first four verses of this chapter for his lack of concern for him, showing that all his friend’s “knowledgeable words” completely missed the point of his need and had been no help. Their words were hurtful rather than encouraging. No matter what their intentions they lacked love and were but clanging cymbals.

Job then goes on to say how no one escapes the eye of God. No matter where you are...God sees. There is nowhere you can flee from His Spirit...earth, sky, waters below or stars above...not even the dead can escape. The final verse of this chapter tells us that we only see the mere edges of His ways....that we hear only a small whisper of Him. But the thunder of His power who can understand?

My mind camped out on the verses...where I saw Jesus. These are the ones you see at the top of this study. Jesus had all wisdom, all knowledge, all power and all might. He was God and yet put aside His deity while He walked the earth. He did all in the power and strength of His Father. He was completely and utterly submitted to His Father in Heaven. Jesus came as a Servant. He came to heal the broken hearted. Luke 4:18 says this:

“ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
   Because He has anointed Me
 To preach the gospel to the poor;  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,  To proclaim liberty to the captives
 And recovery of sight to the blind,
 To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

Read the gospels and see the heart of the Father in Heaven for His people. His desire is to heal. His desire is that none of us should perish, but that all would come to life in His Son. God the Father could have annihilated us, but instead He sent His Son to die for us. Our words and our actions here on earth should reflect the essence and character of our Father in Heaven. His heart of love should be evident to all we meet. Job's “comforters” missed the point of love.

Love those around you with the love that the Holy Spirit has shed abroad in your hearts. As you speak to them, remember love. Remember humility. Meet them at their point of need.  

None of us sees the whole picture while we walk the earth. 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 says

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

Truly, we only see the mere edges of His ways and the whispers of His power. 

Love 

Mom