{"id":3431,"date":"2025-05-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/?p=3431"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:41:47","slug":"how-to-unveil-the-unseen-and-expose-whats-hidden-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancylucenay.com\/staging\/8869\/how-to-unveil-the-unseen-and-expose-whats-hidden-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Unveil the Unseen and Expose What\u2019s Hidden in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A spark of suspicion ignited as I listened to our dinner guest and watched him fiddle with his beard. That familiar gesture was unmistakable. I\u2019d seen my husband do that same thing countless times. My heart raced as I tried to remember the last time I saw him with a beard, the one he\u2019d sported for six years. I turned to look at him and discovered his beardless face staring back at me with a mischievous grin. My breath caught as I saw with fresh eyes what had hidden in plain sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After everyone left, I looked at my husband. \u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEleven days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much for my keen powers of observation. I exhibited a phenomenon psychologists call inattentional blindness. Most of the time, we see what we expect and ignore what we don\u2019t. I expected a bearded husband.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My failure to see the obvious made me wonder how much of God\u2019s work I miss. Lee Strobel\u2019s new book, Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World<\/em><\/a>, answered some of my questions. In his typical investigative journalist style, Strobel unveiled the unseen by interviewing experts and examining evidence for miraculous healings, mystical visions, and near-death experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Testament scholar Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm<\/em>, said, \u201cThe Bible asks us to believe a lot of strange things about the spiritual world\u2026. At first, we might be tempted to ignore them, but if we say we believe the Bible, we can\u2019t avoid these concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BARBARA’S MIRACLE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Strobel cites the healing of a woman diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic with progressive multiple sclerosis. By 1981, Barbara had been in severe decline for sixteen years and unable to walk for seven. At last, she entered hospice care in her home, blind and with her body twisted into a fetal position. She required continuous oxygen, and doctors predicted she had less than six months to live. Barbara wasn\u2019t dead yet, but like the bleeding woman<\/a>, her situation looked hopeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone called the Moody Bible Institute radio station, told Barbara\u2019s story, and requested prayer for her. In response, four hundred and fifty believers wrote to her church, promising to pray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Pentecost, 1981, Barbara\u2019s aunt and a couple of girlfriends visited and read a few of the letters aloud. During a break in the conversation, Barbara heard a man\u2019s voice behind her. \u201cMy child, get up and walk.\u201d She believed her healing was imminent and wanted her family to witness the miracle, so she asked her friends to call them. As soon as her parents entered the room, Barbara jumped out of bed and stripped off her oxygen. With her vision restored and breathing on her own, she stood on legs that hadn\u2019t supported her for years. Her mother dropped to her knees, marveling at the muscles in Barbara\u2019s legs. Then her father waltzed his daughter around the family room. God unveiled his unseen power for all to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, Barbara returned to her doctor\u2019s office. After various tests, he rejoiced with her. \u201cThis is medically impossible. But you are now free to go out and live your life.\u201d Barbara married a minister and dedicated her life to serving others. When Strobel published his book (2025), she had lived thirty-five years without a recurrence of her illness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNVEILING THE UNSEEN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

John the Baptist asked Jesus whether he was the one to come or they should look for another. Jesus answered not with logical proofs but with demonstrations of his miraculous power to heal the sick and cast out demons. He later accused his disciples of having eyes that failed to see and ears that failed to hear (Mark 8:18<\/a>). I don\u2019t want to fall into the same trap. The evidence of God\u2019s supernatural work surrounds us. If we\u2019re going to unveil the unseen, we must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n