I’ve been flying for work a lot recently. On the latest flight I found myself gazing out the window at the miles of white cotton clouds all around us. Lost in the beauty of this sight, I was yanked back to reality when the intercom blared a woman’s voice conducting an advertisement of sorts. Not only were my ears redirected, but so also were my eyes. As I pulled my gaze back into the dimly lit cabin, I noticed a lag in adjustment. It took several moments before my eyes enabled me to fully see within the cabin. I had gone from admiring such abundant beauty and brightness to a rather mundane scenery far too quickly for my own eyes to properly adapt.
It brought to mind a new perspective.
When we have lived a life of absolute focus on what is good, on what is blindingly bright and beautiful, we often have trouble understanding the darkness that the world has to offer.
In fact, that would be the ideal. To be so utterly transfixed by the glory and absoluteness of the Lord, that we are unable to see the treacherous and dull ways of the world.
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