a holy lent--vision

“Open the eyes of my heart, Lord.  Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You; I want to see You.”          Michael W. Smith 

Today I am longing for VISION…. vision to see God and learn from him.  To know that what exists is so much more than what I see before me.  And yet to revel in seeing as if it was enough.  

People say that “Seeing is believing.”  But it works both ways.  Believing is seeing as well.  Believing is seeing more than what the eyes see; it’s seeing with the heart as well.  No one can see the love that a parent has for a child, but we know it’s real.  It springs forth, unbidden before the baby can even look in our eyes.  It’s a force that can move mountains. 

This is the kind of vision I long for.  Vision that feels the truth of God beyond what my eyes tell me.  For one day vision will go, and then there will still be sound, music and praise.  All we need is breath…not even that, for when breath is gone, our praise goes on and on into eternity.

What keeps me from that kind of vision?  Do I spend too much time looking into the mirror of my own heart?  Do I spend enough time reminding myself of all the times that I’ve seen God show up in my life…the God sightings that make him more real to me?  

Do I need vision correction?  How can I make the eyes of my heart 20/20 again?  What kind of corrective lenses do you have for me, Jesus?

“Though the creek rises, though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olives fail, and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord and take joy in the God of my salvation”   Habakkuk 3:17-18

Can I take joy, even in what I cannot see—the beautiful, bright and wonderful future promises to those who love God?

Love, Liz 

“God is like the heart in your chest—even though you can’t see Him, you can hear Him, feel Him and sense Him.”   Rachel Marie Kang