ISAIAH 55:12 - "Dihedral"

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." (1 Corinthians 13:11-13) The word 'dihedral' means: Having two sides, as a figure. Having or formed by two plane faces, as a crystal. It is an adjective, which denotes qualities of a noun; but it is also a noun; which is a person, place or thing. There are several ways that we could use this word in the context on what I have been sharing about; some good, and some not so good. For example: "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." (James 2:17) This is a double edge sword; for it cuts both ways. We must walk by faith, and know that it is by the Grace of God that we are saved; but in the same token, we are to demonstrate our faith by our works. It is really not that complicated to understand, you just can't have one without the other; the main thing to remember is that faith comes first; then works is our faith demonstrated; or come to life. In the opening verse, Paul is presenting a small illustration of what it means to realize what you are a part of. Just as a child growing up, does not really know the reasons why they are instructed in the things that they are being instructed in; for them, life is really all about having fun, and doing things which bring them pleasure. But as they grow older, they come to realize that life is far more serious, and that there are more to relationships than just being friends, and having a playmate. So it is also within the church; we are more than just fellow Believers in Christ; we are all One in the Body of Christ, and as such we must walk in love for one another. Paul says that we are motivated by faith, hope and love; but the greatest of these is love. You see, when we first come to Christ it is by faith; wherein we believe that He loved us and died for our sins; which then produces in us the hope that we will be with Him in Heaven for all eternity. But then there also must be the later, which is the greatest, and that is love; for we love God, knowing what it was that He has done for us, which causes our hearts to be turned towards Him. This same love also equips us with the ability to love one another; because in reality we are all one in Christ; which really means that we can not have love for God and not love one another, because we are all One. Then we have to ask ourselves: 'Who is my Brother?' There, I think is the problem within the church today; there has been a disconnect in the realization of who our brothers and sisters are. We move in and out of our small circles of friends, but to the rest, they get mostly a cold shoulder, or at best a kind greeting. When in reality, we really do not know who is meant to be our brothers or our sisters. If you really think about it, for the world to know that we are real, and that our God is real and alive, we must demonstrate that He is; and we do that by our love. It is a love that is first and foremost for God, then for one another, and then for those that are lost; but here is the disconnect, where we have these different levels of love that we share. Because really, there is only One love; which means that we love everyone the same! "Oh, but I can't love them because"; is not really part of the equation. Because, who are we to say who is our brother or our sister; we just don't know. As we move and walk in this world, there are people watching our lives; they are paying close attention to the way we treat others, and they take notice when we put down this person or that person, for this or for that. Asking within themselves, "I wonder what they really think of me?" And this actually takes place within the church, not just throughout; where someone is speaking ill of another brother or sister, to a brother or sister; and then that person they are speaking to will begin to realize, that they are really not much different than the person you are speaking ill of; and will wonder what you must think of them. There is another illustration for this word 'dihedral', and it is: "Two Faced". My mother would always tell me to never say anything about somebody that I would not say to their face; some good wisdom in that! "Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessings and cursing. My brethern, these things ought not so to be." (James 3:10)