I will lift my eyes

Perspective is everything.

It can be skewed - like thinking your thumb is bigger than the moon just because you can blot it out of the evening sky with one eye closed. Or by closing one eye and pinching someone's head between your fingers from across a room.

We can focus so intently on the problems in front of us that they loom large, out of proportion - like that giant thumb you just discovered. And once we grow used to this, we no longer see a way around, over, or under them.

It may be a little problem, it may actually be a big problem. But add our fear and worry and intent stare (with one eye closed) and we are dwarfed by it.

A young man I knew took his life yesterday. Perhaps he told his family why. Perhaps he told no one why. But in his young mind, whatever the reason, he must have had one eye closed. He must have forgotten that if you open both eyes, the trick doesn't work anymore.

In Psalms 120:1-2, the writer says, "I will lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth."

Once we lift our eyes, we can see beyond, above, and past what lies before us. Now we are standing at the top of the Prudential building in Boston, looking down, and saying - they all look like little ants. Well, that's just not so bad.

Be careful how you are looking at your world. Make sure - are both eyes open? Lift them up and see, with clarity, how big our Lord is.



dedicated to Jes Smith. I will miss you while on this earth. I loved you, son.