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Empowerment: The Past that Guides the Future (12 Wisdom/CIB)

Treasures hidden in the Past. The Owl sees what’s behind, and can see through the Darkness.

The Power to See What’s Behind

Our hindsight is only 20/20 when we’ve clearly seen it before. A singular experience is likely to register as an anomaly. We have to see it twice to consider it could happen again. “If only we could see the future, we’d know what to choose.” Wisdom is a matter of applying the Truth of our experience.

Nothing happens by chance in God’s Time. We only have to look to the past to see, when we have Faith that every experience of Life defines the way we perceive the Truth. If we’ve failed before, it’s a sign we’ve learned something new. We’re not unlucky and we’re not a failure as long as we’re willing to apply a mind of reason for its highest purpose.

It takes Time to see clearly. We can’t learn anything from something that’s never happened before. God’s Word shares the past as a prophecy of the future.

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