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The [[personality]] on the other side of that [[chasm]], the personality of the believer, no longer [[doubts]] the [[reality]] of [[transcendent]] [[values]], no longer questions the validity of life beyond the [[death]] of the [[body]], no longer is the existence of [[the Father]] of personality questioned nor the reality of his [[love]]. The believer then begins a long [[process]] of reorientation. The world in which that person once felt as an outsider, [[alienated]] and [[alone]], is now transformed into his world.

The [[personality]] on the other side of that [[chasm]], the personality of the believer, no longer [[doubts]] the [[reality]] of [[transcendent]] [[values]], no longer questions the validity of life beyond the [[death]] of the [[body]], no longer is the existence of [[the Father]] of personality questioned nor the reality of his [[love]]. The believer then begins a long [[process]] of reorientation. The world in which that person once felt as an outsider, [[alienated]] and [[alone]], is now transformed into his world.

When one's inner core, one's [[soul]], is certain about [[love]], certain about God and his love for that person, then the world is an easy place to live in. No longer does it seem [[random]] and heartless but ordered and [[purposeful]]. Not every thing makes sense or is understandable, but that person has [[faith]] that things are understandable and they do make sense. It was once said, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_glass,_darkly_%28phrase%29#.22Through_a_glass.2C_darkly.22 and now we see as through a glass darkly]", and knowing this is a tremendous [[comfort]]. It implies that some day things will be [[clear]], that there is a world on the other side of the glass which is understandable, benign, and welcoming.

When one's inner core, one's [[soul]], is certain about [[love]], certain about God and his love for that person, then the world is an easy place to live in. No longer does it seem [[random]] and heartless but ordered and [[purposeful]]. Not every thing makes sense or is understandable, but that person has [[faith]] that things are understandable and they do make sense. It was once said, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_a_glass,_darkly_%28phrase%29#.22Through_a_glass.2C_darkly.22 and now we see as through a glass darkly]", and knowing this is a tremendous [[comfort]]. It implies that some day things will be [[clear]], that there is a world on the other side of the glass which is understandable, benign, and welcoming.

[[Human being]]s constantly make the mistake of trying to [[understand]] all of [[reality]] and you create elaborate [[philosophies]] designed to [[explain]] it all which are quite interesting, to say the least. Many things can be known and can be completely clear. There are many other things, especially concerning the [[suffering]] of innocents and so forth, which cannot and should not be something explainable. To the one who believes, at some point there is simply a [[faith]] that some [[purpose]] exists and there is a [[humility]] in observing that it is not understandable or explainable from this [[vantage point]]. It is like having [[faith]] that there is an [[ocean]] on the other side of a [[mountain]], an ocean you cannot see but you believe it to be there.

[[Human being]]s constantly make the mistake of trying to [[understand]] all of [[reality]] and you create elaborate [[philosophies]] designed to [[explain]] it all which are quite interesting, to say the least. Many things can be known and can be completely clear. There are many other things, especially concerning the [[suffering]] of innocents and so forth, which cannot and should not be something explainable. To the one who believes, at some point there is simply a [[faith]] that some [[purpose]] exists and there is a [[humility]] in observing that it is not understandable or explainable from this [[vantage point]]. It is like having [[faith]] that there is an [[ocean]] on the other side of a [[mountain]], an ocean you cannot see but you believe it to be there.