Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweights them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Mmmmmmm there is some good stuff here! We all know that our bodies are wasting away... as you get older (uhum.... turning 40 I am noticing some differences... can anyone relate?) It's so easy to be discouraged by what we can no longer do, how we no longer look, how we no longer feel....Many people, maybe you or someone you know, are really suffering in their current bodies... with diseases, cancer, mental anguish and more. But do you hear what this verse says??? In God's grand plan, our troubles are 'light and momentary'.... Did you catch that! LIGHT and MOMENTARY! We feel hard pressed on every side, discouraged, drained.... but in light of what's ahead.... This is nothing! God tells us that what we are going to experience in our eternal glory so far surpases the hardships we have here on earth that if we knew what was ahead, these troubles would be nothing to us. So what does Paul tell us to do here.... to look at our situation NOT on what we can see in the here in now, but on waht WE CANNOT SEE.... That means faith... for if we only rely on what we can see, what good is faith? Faith is believing in what you cannot see.... But, when we do, we will have the joy that comes from the hope that we have.... Isn't that fantastic!!!???
So thanks be to God! Don't you think it would be cool if we could send these cards to God (there is a movie coming out that I highly recommend you see called Letters to God). But since He sees all we do, this one's for him....
I used the new Watercolor Trio stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalog. I did it in monochromatic (which I am finding I lean towards more and more lately!) using Bashful Blue. The texture is made using the new Square Lattice Embossing Folder... it's so cool... it makes the paper almost feel like fabric!
I used the white gel pen to add some highlights.
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