Advent ~Thirteen~

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Advent ~Thirteen~


Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.        ~Proverbs 4:23

My God is the God of the Inside-Out….

Unlike the world and society, He cares not for outer appearances.  He always goes for the heart.   Ann Voskamp says… “Advent is a baptism for the eyes. You only begin to change your life when you begin to change the way you see.”

I want to see the world with God’s eyes.  I’m writing through Advent because I want to see Christmas with God’s eyes.  I want new vision….I want my heart to be filled with what is true and real.  I want to be true and real. I want my eyes baptized and washed clear so I can see hearts…not appearances.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.

This hymn was written in 1918 by Helen Lemmel.  She was a gifted musician and song writer who became blind in mid-life.  Because of her blindness, her husband abandoned her…yet she journeyed on, seeing with her heart…
Her biography says she composed more than 500 hymns, poems and even a successful children’s book.  She was still writing and composing up to thirteen days before her death at the graceful age of 98.