{"id":997,"date":"2014-07-20T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T18:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.slentz.us\/wordpress\/?p=997"},"modified":"2014-07-20T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T18:12:08","slug":"backside-frontside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/family-thoughts\/daddy\/backside-frontside\/","title":{"rendered":"Backside-Frontside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! I am so looking forward to that day when we finally arrive on the other side of the tapestry that God has been weaving in our lives together….
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The backside of an unfinished tapestry<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBut for right now, all I see is the backside tangled display of dangling strings and knots. All my attempts to discover any kind of design in this stringy, knotty mess is nothing short of an exercise in futility and frustration!
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The backside of the bird in tree tapestry<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOh, how often I am tempted to somehow rearrange those dangling strings and knots \u2013 yanking, pulling, or even trying to cut the knots out \u2013 in frantic attempts to see anything truly meaningful on this side of the tapestry!
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The front side of the bird in tree tapestry<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIt is deeply frustrating, that is, until a quick shock treatment from God’s Word realigns my vision to get a tiny hint of His eternal handiwork (“…His task, His unusual task…His work, His extraordinary work”<\/i> \u2013 Isaiah 28:21 NASB). In those precious moments, my heart is once again filled with the light of faith and hope, and a blessed assurance floods the soul.<\/p>\n

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” (Isaiah 28:29 KJV)<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A masterpiece tapestry on display<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nDear Jesus, You surely do know what You are doing! Yes, I must keep my hands off of that tapestry! Yes, I must let God what He does best \u2013 making beautiful tapestries\u2013 masterpieces which undoubtedly He will be showcasing in His throne room throughout the ages to come (“So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us”<\/i> \u2013 Eph 2:7 NLT)!! Perhaps this is what the Psalmist saw when he wrote about the “needlework<\/i>” of the Bride’s inner glory that she will wear to present herself to the King (see Psalm 45:13-15 KJV).
\nYes, I am sure that, in His hands, this knotty mess will all “work together for good”<\/i> (Rom 8:28) and when He turns over the tapestry for us to see, it will surely be something too wonderful for words! Oh what a day that will be!<\/p>\n

Ephesians 2:4-10<\/b> (NLT)
\nBut God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much…he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms… So God can point to us<\/b> in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us… For we are God\u2019s masterpiece.<\/b> He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Psalms 45:13-15<\/b><\/b> (Amplified Bible)
\nThe King\u2019s daughter in the inner part is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold. She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You. With gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King\u2019s palace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow! I am so looking forward to that day when we finally arrive on the other side of the tapestry that God has been weaving …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[80,97,98,99],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daddy","tag-eternal-purpose","tag-gods-handiwork","tag-gods-masterpiece","tag-gods-workmanship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8ofw-g5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slentz.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}