Bubbles On The Border

We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. - 2 Corinthians 4:18


Stuck in a long line at the US-Canada border, Joel Schoon Tanis had to do something to lighten the mood! He reached for his bottles of bubble-making solution, bounded out of the car, and began blowing bubbles. He handed bottles to other drivers too, and he says that "soon there were bubble everywhere. It's amazing what bubbles do for people." The line didn't move any faster, but "suddenly everyone was happy," Joel says.

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for," said British stateman John Lubbock (1834-1913). A good attitude and the right focus help us to handle life joyfully, even through it doesn't change our circumstances.

Paul encouraged the Corinthians in their trials: "Do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Cor. 4:18).

So what's unseen and eternal that we can look at? The character of God is an excellent place to focus. He is goos (Ps. 25:8), He is just (Isa. 30:18), He is forgiving (1 John 1:9), and He is faithful (Deut. 7:9).

Pondering God's character can give us joy in the midst of our strunggles. - Anne Cetas


The eyes of faith when fixed on Christ
Give hope for what's ahead;
But focus on life's obstacles,
And faith gives way to dread. - D. De Haan

When Christ is the center of your focus, all else will come into proper perspective.

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2 Corinthians 4:8-18

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also revealed in our body.

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. So then death works in us, but life in you. But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke."

We also believe, and therefore also we speak; knowig that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Focus on God, which is eternal... and hope may not fall down... I got tested, lessons, and more... I improved alot... and is still going on for it... and I am sure one day I will be much more better than now and past... :)