If you were to put all of the world’s pain in one fifty-five gallon drum, it would look silly next to the mountains of gold and silver found in each moment with God. Our problem is that we rarely see past the drum — The Dance of the Dead

Ted Dekker
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When we look into the world around us, we can never fully appreciate everything that is going on. We only see the world through our own personal prism. The true beauty of our world is often hidden from our sight by the things we allow to obscure it. If we were to put all of the world’s pain in one fifty-five gallon drum, it would look silly next to the mountains of gold and silver found in each moment with God.

Our problem is that we rarely see past the drum – The Dance of the Dead. And, as a result, we miss countless opportunities for joy and happiness that are right there just out of reach.

Source: When Heaven Weeps

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