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Article: God's delight.(Faith matters)(Column)

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November 1, 2003
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I HAVE ALWAYS been fascinated by the phrase "the Lord make his face shine upon you." God's blessing, God's protection, God's peace, God's

grace all part of that same benediction--are great goods, and if I had to choose between them and God's shining face, I might well opt for them. But God's shining face outdoes them all. For God's blessing, protection, peace and grace concern things that we possess, do and suffer, while God's shining face concerns our very being. It stands for God's sheer delight that we exist and live before him. Yet I rarely "see" God's face shining upon me, and given that I am an inveterate sinner, it is not easy to know exactly why God's face ...

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