Like, fades out of focus. That ALL I see is HIM.
But then I realized that's not what I want at all.
I want to see everything all around me, I want to see the people who are trying to hurt me. I want to see the people who are trying to take instead of give. I want to see ALL of the pain and hurt and anguish.
I want to see it ALL more vibrantly.
I want to see all of those things with His eyes.
& Love them with His Heart.
I want to see the clouds and the grass and the trees, and feel the wind and see smiles, and just glorify Him all the more. I want to be so in love with Him... that the love songs on the radio give me chills thinking about my precious Saviour & Redeemer.
My Lover. My Friend. My Jesus.
I was watching planet earth last night on my sister's big screen HD blu-ray... whatever... and there was this weird little sea spider thing...
My first thought was, ICK! Followed immediately by... "HE is so awesome." (Which I said out loud without thinking.)
I thought back to this Passion conference this weekend and to one of my favorite passages of Scripture (Matt 5:16) that says to let men see our lights shining and praise our Father in Heaven.
Right... So if this awful looking, soul-less, simple-minded creature at the bottom of the sea (whom no-one would ever see if it weren't for the discovery channel) makes me praise God in all His glorious splendor...
Should I not be doing so for the brilliant, intellectual, unique, beautiful, splendid individuals all around me?
Should I not cause other people to react, "HE is so awesome."
That's what I strive for.
That's what it should be.
That's what I'm called to be.
Hence the tattoo I've been talking about for months now.
I found a new band I like. Snow Patrol.
Open Your Eyes.
<3
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Sometimes you have to die in order to appreciate what it is to truly live.
Fall, in order to appreciate balance.
Scream, to value silence.
Cry, to understand a smile.
Love, to alleviate hate.
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