Every morning after I take a shower, my bathroom mirror is fogged up. I can see the general shape of my head, but no specific details. I often find myself combing my hair, brushing my teeth and shaving my face with my mirror still fogged up. It is not until the mirror clears up that I discover how my hair, teeth and face are actually looking that day.
The same is true for us on this side of heaven, as Scripture tells us:
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known (1 Corinthians 13:12).
Now it is like we are seeing God through a fog. We know who he is to some degree, but we are not able to see or understand everything about him. Only in heaven will we be able to see and understand God completely.
I have come to accept the reality of not knowing everything now, and I have been quick to say when there is a question I don’t know the answer to, “That’s something we’ll have to ask God in heaven.” The comfort to me is that there will come a time when all is revealed and everything is known. We will not live in the fog forever. We just need to be patient.
