invitation to a changed life
open eyes
"No one lights a lamp, then hides it in a drawer. It's put on a lamp stand so those entering the room have light to see where they're going. Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don't get musty and murky. Keep your life as well-lighted as your best-lighted room."
open eyes
"No one lights a lamp, then hides it in a drawer. It's put on a lamp stand so those entering the room have light to see where they're going. Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don't get musty and murky. Keep your life as well-lighted as your best-lighted room."
Luke 11:29-30
A look of wonder and awe...and belief. This must be why Jesus said that it takes faith like a child to enter the kingdom of heaven. May I have today eyes that see the beauty God created, that see others the way God sees them, through eyes filled with love. O that I would shed the scales of greed and self-interest and prejudice from my eyes and banish them away forever. Heavenly Father, help me to see...as you do.
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