If we see life with

If we see life with the veil torn away!

"Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed — we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands!" 2 Corinthians 5:1

If we see life only as a narrow stage bounded by the curtain that falls at death, ending there forever — how poor and little and limited does existence appear!

We may cherish no joys which will reach over into the life hereafter.

We may sow no seeds which will come to harvest on the other side of the grave.

Our souls may be thrilled by no aspirations and hopes which have their goal beyond the shadows of death.

But how different if we see life with the veil torn away! The future is as much in our vision and as real, as the little present . We may scatter seeds which we know shall not come to harvest for long ages. We may cherish hopes and aspirations whose goals lie far away in the life to come.

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal!" 2 Corinthians 4:18

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