During our visit to Richmond last weekend I was perpetually trying to connect with people that we were trying to meet up with. So my cell phone was constantly buzzing with text messages and calls.
At one point my wife looked at me as I again glanced at my phone and said, "You've been looking at that thing all weekend long!"
That's made me think this week about my eyes, my thoughts, how I can so easily get fixed on something that makes me look down, that narrows my perspective.
I so easily get caught up in small annoyances or inconveniences in my life and think that they're major catastrophes.
Or maybe you'll resonate with me on this: I get so focused on scheduling for tomorrow that I miss what's happening right in front of me. I spent all day yesterday scheduling for the today that I'm now mentally dis-engaged with because I'm so focused on looking ahead to tomorrow! What a fool I am to never actually get around to living because I'm so busy planning on living in the future!
So I've been thinking off and on all week: where are my eyes fixed? what does this tell me about my heart, my thoughts, the things that shape me most?
Then this morning I was reading Psalm 25 and came across this line: "My eyes are ever toward the Lord."
When there's the convergence of a comment from my wife and a word from Scripture, that generally means that there's something here for me to pay attention to.
So I'm thinking about this today, thought I'd invite you in. Where are your eyes fixed? What does that tell you about your heart, your thoughts, the things that are shaping you most right now?
1 comment:
this is great alex.
i'm wondering, can i copy this and use it in a post ( on my blog ) ? i'll link to this post, i just really want people to read it and they don't always if they have to click to another link ...
plus, it's just so where i'm at right now. your post and one from my friend khrista were both about the same thing today and i'd like to talk about them both ...
anyway, let me know !!
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