Dr Paul Allen

Gédéon (vers 1550), huiles sur bois de Martin van Heemskerck, au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. A l'origine, un tableau (perdu)avec la Vierge était placé entre les deux panneaux. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In the winepress we find a trembling, perspiring coward hiding for his life when the Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon and calls him a “mighty man of [fearless] courage.” At first those words almost sound like cruel sarcasm, but there was no smirk on the angel’s face. God was not mocking Gideon, nor did He have Gideon confused with someone else. God saw something in Gideon that no one else saw, including Gideon himself. How comforting it is to know that God’s ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. Oh, my friend, when you understand what God sees when He looks at you, it will change your life. Let me explain it this way. In the early 1500s a twenty-five-year-old artist and sculptor labored tirelessly with hammer and chisel over a colossal blo