Saturday, June 22, 2013

Spectacles to See

He looked pretty much as he did every day, strength and beauty transcending the fraying edges - a sort of worn luster through wear.  Doggedly ready to drive ahead in the face of fatigue and angst.  "If they weren't such snakes!  They make me sick!", he blurted out.  "Jesus loves them, even if he doesn't love what they do. If you ask Him to,  Jesus will help you see them with His eyes and love them with His love.", I smiled and gave him a big hug.   "Okay, I'll try to be more positive", he said, as he opened the door.  I laughed, "Just listen to Jesus!"

Later that night... "Hey you!!", he said as he put down his things.  "Hey you!!", I said from under the snugly horse throw blanket. He sat down, pulled off his shoes and stripped off his socks, tossing them playfully at the sleeping cat. "Today was worse.  The boss was out and Pete (I can't stand that guy) gave me a real winner.  Re-check done by Dave.  Won't ask Dave to take care of it.  They feed all their favorites who'll do anything but the work, for a fast buck.  Yeah, and who gets to take care of the problems, again? No body cares about their work anymore and if they hurry up and just get it out to make money, they get rewarded"  I smiled at him, motioning him to look at the cat who had gotten up and was now curled up contentedly on his discarded socks.  "But, I just started in getting ready to take care of it and - guess what?",  He said, as he looked at me with a big smile.  "What?", I said.  "I looked down and there was a picture of Jesus and I remembered what you said this morning and I laughed!", his eyes crinkled at the corners as he looked at me.  "Yeah, Jesus, no coincidence you seeing Him.  So, did you listen to what He said?", I asked. A sheepish sort of smile crossed his face.

Thank you Jesus.  You are so good at everything.  You never ever fail in anything you do.  Thank you, thank you that you know every situation and circumstance and you bring people to see you there.  Thank you that we can walk with you in seeing things and people with your eyes.  Those eyes, seeing with them brings a whole different look to the world.  When we put on the "Jesus spectacles" we see so very clearly and act so very much in line with you. It changes everything.


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