Perception

“If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. Keep your eyes open, your lamp burning, so you don’t get musty and murky.” (Luke 11:34-35 MSG) What are you looking at? Rather, what are you thinking when you’re looking? Jesus wanted the people following him to know that if they keep witnessing his miracles and still disbelieve, it’s not because there are no miracles, but that they just don’t want to perceive the miracles for what they are. Likewise, we can’t claim to be followers of Christ or “enlightened” if all we want to prove is the skepticism with our sight. What you perceive directly affects your present disposition. Live with wide eyed wonder and be overwhelmed with the goodness of life.

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