Lenten devotions: April 10, 2014

April 10, 2014                         Psalm 31:9-16

Thursday                                 1 Samuel 16:11-13

                                                Philippians 1:1-11

How easy is it to see something through someone else's eyes?  Not an easy question to answer.  When we look at the world, we tend to judge it from our own perspective.  Our perceptions form our reality.  In the readings today, we hear that it is not our eyes and our perceptions that we should trust but rather that we must strive to see things in God's light.   In Samuel 1, we hear how Joseph is anointed by Samuel.  God speaks to Samuel telling him to resist the urge to judge by what Samuel sees with his human eyes and to wait for God to reveal the chosen one. Joseph is not the biggest, strongest or most lIkely candidate by human standards, but God sees in his perfect light who and what Joseph can be.  In the Psalm, David is in a time of turmoil but his song is one to remind himself to trust in The Lord to lift him up and show him the path.  In Phillipians, Paul addresses one of his beloved communities and his prayer is that their love may abound and reveal to them what God intends.  

Lord, let me not hide in the darkness of my own vision, seeing others and the world through my own damaged and imperfect human lens.  Let me allow your light to wash over me and shine through me so that I can begin to see the world as you intend.  Amen

Dawn Morello