“For now we see through a glass, darkly…”
1 Corinthians 13:12
On our drive to church last week, it was super foggy. As we drove over the Chattahoochee River the fog became so dense that we couldn’t see the cars in front of us, even ones just a few car lengths ahead.
“This is the kind of visibility that causes a 20 car pile-up” I hinted at The Husband to slow down as every muscle in my body tensed.
He lifted his foot off the gas peddle and said, “This is a great visual of seeing through a glass darkly”.
“It is?” I asked, keeping my squinting eyes on the road as I tried hard to bring objects into focus.
“You know, we try to clarify everything that happens to us in our brief time on earth. We explain it away with Christian catch phrases or we dig for a scripture to make it fit into our understanding…but really, what we have to accept is that we will see things about as clearly as we do right now in this fog. At best, our perspective lacks clarity. Nothing will be crystal clear until we have the perspective from heaven.”
I breathed deep and let my eyes relax. As I did, every detail around me took on a ethereal blur. When I stopped squinting for details and just allowed my eyes to rest on the haze my tensed muscles relaxed.
The Husband was right as usual, the dense fog was a perfect picture of seeing through a glass darkly. I’m holding onto the imagery remembering that it’s okay for some things not to make sense on this side of eternity. It’s okay to simply rest in the fog.
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I’m still counting gifts my friends: #1074- a husband who pays attention to God-lessons ~
I’m glad it is okay for things to not make sense Robin. I have so many questions that I know cannot and will not be answered until i stand before the Father. Then and only then will the answer be known. Your hubby is a wise man.
Thank Robin and Mr. Robin…just what I needed this morning..been a rough first of the New Year so far…
Bless you both.
Great lesson! The rest and peace of God in all circumstances and places. This husband of yours is very wise! Isn’t it amazing how God always has us in the right place with the right person?! Rest in Him.
Those were dark fogy days……your Mom and Grama prayed…
asking for peace and comfort and strength, to guide you, to
help you…….to give you eyes to see clear through the fog, to
make the dark glass transparent…..Mike was the answer to
their prayer……”the hubs”……..God is good!!
Beautiful analogy! Resting is fog. I should probably go ahead and accept that there’ll always be fog.
I especially love this part….NOTHING will be crystal clear until we have the perspective from heaven.
Robin, I agree. Great analogy. I’ll never look at fog the same way again. Thank you, dear friend!
Lovely! Thanks for sharing your experience!
God is so above us and His ways are so often not ours….glad we can put our trust in him and for the glimpses he gives us.
Yeah, it does sound like the husband is a gift…but that is exactly what God intends for our marriages. 🙂 I love this imagery because we have had some foggy mornings here and a few trials lately and in the thick of it, it has been hard to see what God was purposing. Remembering too that it’s okay for some things not to make sense on this side of eternity! 🙂 Thanks for this today. 🙂
A Godly husband is definitely a blessing!
Definitely having a foggy season…visibility is very poor…YET I know He is with me and is going to take care of me. Good visual with the fog — sometimes we need that visual to help us grasp what God is saying. He is so good, isn’t He ?
Oh, life doesn’t make sense to me alot! YOu are blessed to ahve someone who can SEE through the fog. XO
What an interesting way to look at fog! I love fog. For me, it’s comforting because I’m enveloped in it. It’s like a yummy blanket. I’m not cold or warm there – I just am. I’ll look at it with added appreciation after reading this post! Wonderful!
Wonderful insight…. there is so much that we don’t understand this side of heaven…. Someday the fog will lift…. for eternity! 🙂
What a beautiful post, and what an insightful husband you have. We can never run out of blessings to count! 🙂