Dirty Window-Panes

Sometimes, when we are seeking to find the answers in life, it's as though we are looking through the glass of a dirty window-pane. We have a question in our mind and we know where to find the answer, yet when we go to look for it somehow it's obscured from our view. Tantalisingly, we can catch a glimpse of what we are looking for, but that's all.

For some, when they try to find the answers in Scripture, that's exactly what it can be like. Now I grew up in an era when the best way to clean the windows was using old newspaper to dry them with after washing them down. Just washing, using a cloth was not enough for really dirty glass. The water, muddied by the dirt, left the glass with smears. You could still not see through it clearly. The secret was in the newspaper, which firstly soaked up the excess water and secondly polished the glass because of the oils in the inks. The result was a window-pane which sparkled, and let the light come flooding through.

Now it's interesting, isn't it dear reader, that the secret of letting the light flood through came from the printed word on that old newsprint. Little by little, as you rub away at the misted and dirty glass, you start to see what lies beyond it, until eventually the whole thing becomes clean and clear, sparkiling with life. With a little perseverance, what was once muddied and unclear, sparkled with light and life. Once you persevere with the Word in the holy Bible you will find that the Light comes through, bringing clarity, understanding, and, above all, life-changing knowledge.