| The Joy of Service |
Chapter 18 |
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In that life of full revealing we shall no more wear veils, hiding us from each other. There shall be no mystery there – knowledge shall be full. There shall be no hiding of goodness or excellence behind blemishes or faults. No one shall be misunderstood. No motives shall be misconstrued. There shall be no misjudging, no wrong interpretation of acts. There shall be no veils between friends, leading to alienation and separation. Friendships shall have nothing there to hinder their perfect fellowship. Lives kept apart here through misunderstandings or incompatibility shall there find the best in each other, and be knit together in love.
There is one eye from which there are no veils; nothing hides any life, any nook or cranny of any life, from Christ. To Him all is open as day. He never fails to see the evil in us which may be hidden from human vision, nor the good in us which may be obscured by our faults or frailties. He never misunderstands us, never misjudges us. He loves us, too, with all our faults; for He knows what He can make even of our weakness and our failures. We can, therefore, entrust our life, as it is, with Christ, knowing that in Him our holiest interests shall be safe.
“One day the fingers of the Lord
Upon my eyes shall lie;
And when their tender weight shall lift,
‘Twill be eternity.
“But while He holds my yielding lids
With that soft force of His,
My spirit shall not sleep, but wake
Into His utter bliss.”
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