Recently, the question was posed to me, "What if you could see yourself the way that you see others?" The question stuck with me and I've been pondering it.
Many years ago, I prayed that God would help me to see people the way that He sees them. He answered me in ways that I never would have imagined. He gave me a deep love for people and eyes that see their gifts and potential. He gave me eyes that see the best in other people always.
Today, my prayer is similar. God, give me eyes to see myself the way that You see me. My human eyes look in the mirror critically and see only flaws. Those same eyes look inside of me and see my glaring impurities, imperfections, and failures. But, God sees me through eyes of love and grace. His eyes see my sin covered by the blood of Jesus...forgiven and forgotten. His eyes see the person I am becoming rather than the person that I am or the person that I have been.
Jesus looked at people here on earth with those same eyes. He hung out with the people that society called the worst of the worst. He saw them with eyes of love and grace and forgiveness...and their lives were changed forever!
That is the desire of my heart! That I would see others AND myself through the eyes of Jesus!
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