It's been awhile since I've blogged. I've sort of been in a writers block syndrome..but thought I would give it a shot.
Lately I cannot get this image of eye glasses/lenses out of my head. Maybe because my eyes are getting worse..so I made an appointment on Monday..it's been like 4 years since my last eye appointment. But as I've been thinking of glasses lately..and how I at times view things or what sort of glasses/lenses I can try on or wear.."spiritually" speaking through-out my day, this is what I thought of... the different type of glasses/lenses out there..Here are a few that I thought of. Sun-glasses, near-sighted, far-sighted, rose colored glasses, bifocals, trifocals, progressive, designer, 3D, and many other type. Each have their unique purpose..some for fun, some for necessity.
All of us have our stories, our pasts, our hurts, regrets, good times, bad times..trauma..good memories, bad memories..life events, expectations that went south..and these things help shape who we are in a way. But if were not careful..we can put on the lenses of regret..or of trauma...maybe the lenses of hurt, the lens of un-met expectation..and when we look at life through those lenses..our view can become distorted or warped.
Sometimes in life..we can find ourselves trying on such lenses. (or at least I like trying them on..every once in awhile.)The one I try on sometimes is the lens of hurt..when I wear that lens..and see others through the shade of hurt..I can become un-willing to love or to forgive. Then at times I try on the lens of trauma..while wearing that lens..I find myself stuck..unable to move..so then I may try on the lens un-met expectations..through those lens..everyone gets distorted..and then for a moment I wear the lens of regret..which keeps me looking backward. Last...I thought.."Rose-colored glasses.." those can't hurt..and they're so pretty after all..but all those lenses do is to keep me in denial..and I escape reality.
I thought & prayed and asked.."God if you had lenses..what would they be and what would you want me to wear..and I found myself in Galatians 5:22..and these words popped out.."love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control" and then went to Colossi ans 3:12..and these words popped out.."compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness, and thankfulness.
It's a daily struggle..choosing what lenses to wear at times and being tempted not to try on.. the lenses of hurt, regret, the lenses of our past... These past months..God took something as simple as glasses..and taught me something. When I try on those lenses I don't see my circumstances, or others in the right light. I see them in the light of self, distorted, warped. But when I put on, "God Lenses"..I see things in a different LIGHT! HIS Light.! When God sees me..what does HE see?..not my past..not my sins, not my shame, not my regrets..HE sees the love of Jesus, set free from the bondage of my sin, the forgiveness of Jesus and the LIGHT of Jesus! So each day, and moment..I'm making the choice..to trade in my lenses for "God lenses:..so I can see clearly without distortion, and to view through the lens of love, forgiveness, kindness, compassion, and goodness.
