A weekly dose of Max Lucado; a daily email message. This one taken from his book "God Came Near":

TO BE SEEN

"If we're not looking up to God, we're looking inward at ourselves and outward to each other. The result? Quarreling families. Restless leaders. Fence-building. No trespassing signs.

"If we see only ourselves, our tombstones will have the same epitaph Paul used to describe enemies of Christ:  'Their god is their own appetite, they glory in their shame, and this world is the limit of their horizon' (Philippians 3:19).

"It's why God came near. To be seen. It's why those who saw Him were never the same. Christianity, in its purest form, is nothing more than seeing Jesus. And Christian service is nothing more than imitating Him whom we see. The Bible says, 'Unless a man is born again, He cannot see the kingdom of God' (John 3:3).

"God came near. There is not truth more worthy of your time."

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