(1 Corinthians 13:12 NIV)
Life is an
illusion… or is it?
I drifted
as in a dream, pictured myself the only “real” person. Everyone else was a
shadow, a puff of smoke, a figment of my imagination. Do you ever feel that
way?
Someone
once told me the reason we know people in our dreams, is because each one is
our creation, birthed in our brains. Our minds are powerful tools – express trains
to real and imaginary destinations in time and space.
When my
father suffered with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, I helped him balance
his checkbook. During those precious moments, I could sense an inkling of his
frustrations, a taste, a hint of his thoughts, or lack thereof. It was a gift
to empathize, understand how it felt to grasp at memories slip-sliding away.
“Will I contract
this disease?” I wondered. “Will my memories, my mental abilities gradually disappear,
just like Daddy’s?” Those times with my father were humbling, eye-opening
experiences.
The Bible
teaches us that Christ is the only Reality. All else, things and relationships,
will fade away, forgotten. Jesus said, “I am the only Way, Truth, and Life”. Oswald
Chambers aptly reminds, “Every relationship not based on loyalty to Christ will
end in disaster.”
Approach
each day with fearless faith! Let negative things and people slip away. Stay
focused on Christ as He reveals Himself to you. Focus = Faith = Reality.
I will bravely
allow illusions to fade, hold on to Jesus, and trust Him today. I hope you
will, too!
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