we see what we are
I continue my forty day journey through the gospels. My stop today was Titus. I thought I'd share some thoughts along the way.
Titus 1:15 is one of the most important verses on perspective in the entire New Testament. "To the pure all things are pure." The Talmud, the Jewish commentary on the Old Testament, said that we don't see the world as it is. We see the world as we are. That is so true!
I think we tend to see what we're looking for. On optimist can always find something to be optimistic about. A pessimist can always find something to be pessimistic about. And I think we tend to see what we are. The specks of dust we see in others are a reflection of our planks!
I'm so challenged by this one verse! I want to see through the eyes of God. I think the way we do that is by looking through the lens of Scripture. Scripture gives us 20/20 vision by purifying our hearts and minds. And when we're pure in Spirit all things become pure. Scripture is like a blue light. It reveals God's fingerprints every where we look! We see his beauty and grace and power and love and smile!
Titus 1:15 is one of the most important verses on perspective in the entire New Testament. "To the pure all things are pure." The Talmud, the Jewish commentary on the Old Testament, said that we don't see the world as it is. We see the world as we are. That is so true!
I think we tend to see what we're looking for. On optimist can always find something to be optimistic about. A pessimist can always find something to be pessimistic about. And I think we tend to see what we are. The specks of dust we see in others are a reflection of our planks!
I'm so challenged by this one verse! I want to see through the eyes of God. I think the way we do that is by looking through the lens of Scripture. Scripture gives us 20/20 vision by purifying our hearts and minds. And when we're pure in Spirit all things become pure. Scripture is like a blue light. It reveals God's fingerprints every where we look! We see his beauty and grace and power and love and smile!
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I listened to a surgeon give a talk once and he used to say, "we see what we look for, and we look for what we know"
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