Monday, June 6, 2022

Dear God,

We are so used to understanding life from our own perspective.  It is only when we are surprised to suddenly see it in a different way that we begin to understand how limited our view really is.

While writing I have enjoyed looking out the study window to gaze upon the beautiful dogwood tree just a couple feet away.  The blossoms are so plentiful and beautiful.  But this morning as I looked out, I did not see the blossoms but rather the tiny stems holding them.  Now I can't look at the blossoms without seeing the stems.

Such a view reminds me of St. Paul's words to the Corinthian Church.  "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully."  I Cor. 13:12 (NASB)  The truth is we only ever see partly.  There is always more to be known.

Open our eyes

to see

what you see,

O God.

Rid us

of our need

to see

our own way.

Forgive us;

give us

a second chance,

I pray.

Love, Andrea