what do you see?

DD's pastor has gotten around, quite a bit. He knew Corrie Ten Boom. He said they called her Tanta Corrie - I immediately knew they called her aunt. Speaking 90% German until first grade will do that to you. I use to dream in German. Now days, I understand words and partial sentences but no longer paragraphs. I digress.

The pastor said this was during his intellectual times. The crowd he hung around with seemed to think her ways were too simple...for them. They needed thinking of a higher calling. I think he gets it now.

She always carried around a large, heavy bag, filled with props she would be using. One particular time, she pulls out a large tapestry. It a a beautiful piece depicting Da Vinci's, The Last Supper. Beautiful colors and rich detail, she takes it around the room so that each person can see. He hinted that they rolled their eyes, thinking this wasn't what they signed up for. Then she turned the tapestry around. The backside was like all tapestries - loose strings, not so great looking and took it back thru the crowd again, showing each one. She stood up in front of them and said, This side, the beautiful side is how God see you...The backside is how you see you.

His sermon was Why so much bad if God is so good. Romans was his reference. He said that is the biggest concern of believers and non-believers alike. Someday we will understand but for now, all we have to remember is God is good, all powerful and in charge, the rest will come later, I can live with that.