YOU SEE IT EVERY SUNDAY

I have been working on a church website.  I stopped by the office, talked to the pastor a bit, and showed him a picture.  He looked at it and asked, “Where is that window?  In our church?”

The answer was, “Yes, in our church.  You use that door every Sunday morning.”

This window is on the door to the Prayer Room.  It is a beautiful window.  Those involved in Sunday Worship gather, in the Prayer Room, to pray for the service.  And yet, pastor did not remember the window. 

Or, had he seen it so often, it became a part of the door.  This beautiful window – became invisible.

How often do you drive the same road?  How often do you say, “When did that house get there?”  Then realize it was built about 100 years ago.  It happens all the time.  We become so used to seeing something, we no longer see it. 

God’s blessings often fit into that category.  We forget:

• Trees
• Flowers
• Laughter
• Eyesight
• Sound
• Imagination
• Strawberries
• Touch

The list could go on and on and on and on.  Do not feel like you are the only one with eyes that do not see –

When he (Jesus) was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.  Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.  Luke 24:30-31

(Later in Jerusalem) While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”  They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.  …. Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.  Luke 24:30-31, 45

The disciples did not see Jesus.  They were so used to seeing the MAN; they could not see the SON OF GOD.  Of course, the man who really had blinders on was Saul.  Acts 9 tells us:

Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples

…if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners

As he neared Damascus … a light from heaven … heard a voice

“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

… when he opened his eyes he could see nothing

For three days he was blind

BUT THEN ---

(Ananias) Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord – Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here – has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.

The secret is to open our minds so we can understand and our eyes so we can see.

Today … Tomorrow … Always – do not allow God’s blessings to become invisible.  Savor a strawberry.  Laugh loudly.  Be blessed by a flower.  Close your eyes and hear the waves and the breeze rippling the leaves.  Allow your imagination to create a masterpiece or the next great invention.  See hope for the future, as you touch the hand of a child, and see a life well lived, as you shake a hand that is calloused or wrinkled. 

Today … Tomorrow … Always – do not allow God’s blessings to become invisible.  You might just miss a very beautiful window, as you enter a room to pray.