Is Seeing Believing?...

"I can't see God, so I don't even know He exists". "How do I believe in
something I cannot see?" "Hey, seeing is believing!".

We always want everything laid out for us don't we? We want life made as
easy as possible for us. We really don't want to work for anything. Even the
kids today have pens that can help them do their homework. Remember the
movies of the past where they showed the future of a world run by computers?
Even a visit to Disneyland showed the homes of the future as virtually
stress and work free as computerized robots would do all the work for us.
Well, the future is here. We are becoming a spoiled and lax generation.
Young people today seem to be void of imagination and common sense because
it would appear that they no longer need either one. My kids could build a
fort in our house out of sheets and clothespins and their imaginations could
take them virtually anywhere in the world. Now the computer is "virtual" and
little minds and big minds no longer need to be. Imagination stirs emotion
and we seem to be void of almost any emotions these days. It is taking away
their and our ability to believe in anything that cannot be seen. It is
taking our ability to think out problems and use common sense. And emotions
and common sense is what will keep us from becoming nothing more than sheep
led to slaughter. There is an anti-Christ out there who is counting on this
very thing, and to date he is winning.

Common sense is extremely important in our ability to reason and believe
even when we cannot see. For example, common sense tells me that if I step
out in front of a speeding bus, I will be killed. Common sense tells me that
if I eat food that looks perfectly okay but smells bad that I will get sick.
Common sense tells me that even though I cannot see tulips in the winter,
there will be tulips in the Spring. Common sense tells me that there is a
God. I say this because common sense tells me that in order for the
Atheist's Big Bang theory to be real, they have to explain to me where the
first two atoms that went bang came from. The bang theory starts out with
something to "go bang" with, but they never want to explain where that
matter came from. So common sense continues to tell me that this mass
universe and all living matter in it was created by and kept in perfect
order by God.

Seeing is believing. This is not a true statement. Love is real but you
cannot see it. The wind is real, but you cannot see it. All emotions are
real and yet we cannot see them. All we can see of all the above is the
result of them. We cannot see God but we certainly can see the result of our
Heavenly Father. We can see His love for us in many ways. Don't ever forget
that WE betrayed the perfect relationship with God that He arranged for us
in the Garden of Eden. WE broke the covenant with God. And yet His love
restored our relationship with Him. He did this by sending us Jesus. People
saw, heard, and touched Him and still did not believe. So you see, seeing is
not always believing, because Jesus was put to death. And this selfless act
forever restored our relationship with God. The God we cannot see. You can't
see God with your eyes, but you can see Him through faith and common sense.
And you will be rewarded for this for the Word says, "Faith is the substance
of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11: 1-3 NKJV
"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God
must believe that He is and that He is a rewarded of those who diligently
seek Him. Hebrews 11: 6 NKJV Faith and common sense go hand in hand. Use a
little of both today and a whole new world will open up for you and you will
find that you no longer need to "see" to "believe"......Patti