Seeing God
The man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God in the middle of the garden’s trees. ~ Genesis 3:8 (CEB)
You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. ~ Matthew 5:8 (MSG)
KEY IDEA:
It's a joy to see God coming when we are free from the shame of sin.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for meeting with people. Thank you for seeking us out even when we'd just as soon hide. But there is nothing hidden from you. Even the most shameful things about us are glaringly obvious to you. Yet, you pursue our company anyway. Help me to accept your acceptance and to the make that the impetus for healthy change. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
