Friday, June 1, 2012

Five Minute Friday: See

On Friday mornings, The Gypsy Mama (Lisa Jo) spreads a feast before us consisting of a challenge:

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Please visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments.


Today's word is SEE.
 





GO!

I love the hymn, "Open My Eyes," and especially the line where the words "that I may see" come into play.

Do I see?  What God wants me to see?  How wide open do my eyes need to be to see what's all around me?

I walk out my front door and I see towering fir trees, some 30 years in the making.  I see luscious ferns, rhododendrons, azaleas, trillium, the growth one would find in a forest.  Beauty is what I see.

I look up and I see blue skies (most days!) and clouds, but I also see birds flying here and there, chirping to one another, caring for one another.

But when I walk on the corner of my small community, do I see the need around me?  Do I see the homeless?  Do I see the hungry?  Do I see the child clinging to a parent who has no means to feed that child?  The jobless?

If I don't see all of this -- the beauty and the goodness as well as the need of others around me -- do I really have my eyes open and seeing all He wants me to see?

STOP!

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful!

    I'm stopping in from Five Minute Fridays...

    I'm glad I found your blog...
    Thank you again, for your beautiful post.

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    1. Angel, thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you here again.

      Sherrey

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  2. Many times I fool myself into thinking I believe, but when I take a closer look I realize that I actually don't. Great question!

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    1. Thanks, Margaret -- nice of you to stop by and comment.

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    1. It's been one of my favorites since I was much (much) younger!

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