Sometimes I think fiction exists to model the way God might think of us, if God had the time and inclination to do so.
Man has a viewpoint, but God has the view.
In God's eyes, there's not before and after. Every moment of time is simultaneous to God.
If you picture Time as a straight line along which we have to travel, then you must think of God as the whole page on which the line is drawn.
God sees hearts as we see faces.
God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that is the soul.
History, as an entirety, could only exist in the eyes of an observer outside it and outside the world. History only exists, in the final analysis, for God.
The Bible offers three metaphors that teach us God's view of life: Life is a test, life is a trust, and life is a temporary assignment.
Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.
Life only makes any sense if we can see time how God does. Past, present, and future all at once.
True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.
Wisdom is looking at life from God's point of view. You look at life's difficulties and tests as God looks at them. You look at family life and child rearing as God looks at them. You interpret current events as God would interpret them. You see the truth even though all around you are deception and lies.
The way I look at stories is often from far outside, like a god's point of view, and also very, very subjective.
There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.
The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion.
