the gift of sight

It's Friday again. Everyone take a deep breath; we made it. :-) God is good, the sun is still shining (even if it has been behind the clouds for the last few days...), the birds are still singing, and we have been given another beautiful day of life. What a blessing!

Sometimes it's so easy to get sucked into the little things.... I am constantly praying that God would just open my eyes and make me into a man who always sees the big picture, no matter what the circumstances. It makes me think of that story in 2 Kings where Elisha's servant wakes up one morning only to discover that the whole city is surrounded by a foreign army and he wakes up Elisha scared to death, but Elisha tells him not to worry, and is like, "there are more on our side than on theirs!" Whenever I read that story, I can just picture the two of them -- a frightened young boy and a wise old man -- up on the high walls of the city, looking out over a terrible force encamed around them, with the morning sun peaking over the hills, setting the sky ablaze, and then Elisha prays, "Oh Lord, open his eyes!" And immediately the boy sees the vast, fiery army of God surrounding their enemies.... That's how I want to be.

I want to see.