Reading The Map

A Scripture that has been rattling around in my brain lately is found in Exodus 33:13 '...show me your ways, so that I might know you...' We gain greater understandings of God as we understand His ways. Then in Hebrews 12 from the Message "... God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training...". So life is all about being trained to read the map, so to speak, so we can know the ways of God, which leads to knowing Him. And that is the destination: to know Him!

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