CS Lewis speaks of "shadowlands"-- that place of being where we sense reality, but it's not fully present. Hearkening back to Plato, it's clear Paul knew his classical philosophy. And yet the notion is valid-- that we sense what is good, what is right, what is desirable in God's eyes... and we can know wrong when we see it too. But where does that come from? How do we come to have such a compass? We are limited in our experience of the world. We have only 5 senses that we know of, and by studying nature, we have come to find that things exist that we cannot experience without the aid of instrumentation. Dogs smell things we can't. Birds see things we can't. Insects experience reality completely differently than we do. And yet, we kid ourselves into thinking we can see it all, smell it all, feel it all, hear it all, and taste it all. But we can't. For now we know only in part. Then (after this world passes) we shall know fully... even as we are fully known.
Readings: Esther 8:1-10:3; 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13; Psalm 37:1-11; Proverbs 21:23-24
