Nothing is ever as it seems

Nothing is ever as it seems. - old saying
That can be such a true and haunting statement. It can be taken as a mantra to the heart to disable us from ever really enjoying what is happening with us. It's the serpent in the garden saying "Is that really what He said?" It erodes the foundation that a good day can be just a good day. A bad day is just a bad day. It sets up the mind to look for the other shoe to drop. I have lived under this shadow for far to long. like a thief in the night it has come in and robbed me of my joy a gold piece at a time.

"The vvision is always solid and reliable; he vision is always a fact. It is the reality that is often a fraud." - G.K. Chesterton, poet. I saw it in Love & War)

Wow that's like mental kryptonite! There is a vision I want me life to look like. Roughly Christ centered, happy, satisfied, ethical, a good father, son, and brother. Those things are true and good things. Then there is the reality of where I am today. Some frame work is up and maybe a foundation is settling in. It is fraudgulent to say that because I am not where I want to be that I am not. Not good enough, not thin enough, not clean enough, not whatever.

So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 2 Cor 4:18

Nothing IS as it seems, it better by far! The lie that today is the final statement of how things are is completely spin doctering by the Enemy. The Devil runs a hell of a media campaign, literally! he puts together a photo portfolio of snapshot of all our bad days and shoves it in our face. he casually leaves out the good moments, the quiet moments of happiness, the sudden bursts of laughter that could of never been planned. Flat tires, broken water pipes, and missed bills are in there but heartfelt talks with people are tossed under the rug.

Seems like isn't as is. "People only see what they are prepared to see" - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet.