Friday, October 5, 2012

Friday’s Devotion – Blinded by the Light


Philippians 4:8  Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

It’s really difficult to drive west at the end of the day.  More than once the sun hitting the car windshield has blinded me momentarily to the point I could see nothing through that windshield. It’s frightening to be driving down the road at 50 MPH and suddenly not to be able to see the road ahead.  The other morning while walking in the park the sun hitting my glasses also impaired my sight.  If someone texts me or if I want to check my mileage on my iPhone when I’m outside I have to find a shady spot to see the screen.  Still as I pondered all of this I wondered what it would be like to be blinded by the Son.  Jesus restored people’s eyesight for sure, but when we turn our eyes upon Jesus we no longer see or want to see some things of the past.  We look for the good instead of things to criticize and we don’t see some of the things that tempted us to sin.  I don’t like being blinded by the sun but being blinded by the light of Christ -- that could be a good thing.

Holy God, direct our eyes to look upon the good, the wholesome and the things pleasing to you. In Christ’s name we pray.  Amen.

Happy Friday!
Paige

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