Christ’s is the vision I will use today.
“Each day, each hour, every instant, I am choosing what I want to look upon, the sounds I want to hear, the witnesses to what I want to be the truth of me.”
How about that??
Every instant I am choosing what I want to see.
“Today I choose to look upon what Christ would have me see, to listen to God’s Voice, and seek the witnesses to what is true in God’s creation.”
I got a great message today which demonstrates Christ vision perfectly and which I would like to share with you:
Dear Lisa,
I am so excited.
I asked Jesus for help yesterday about my mom.
I was outside, doing chores.
So he tells me I don’t need to apologize to her — this is where I was stuck as I thought the only way to communicate with her was to say I was sorry and I was stuck because I wasn’t sorry. Jesus said I should just go up to her and tell her I was willing to be helpful if and when she needed anything.
And the tension just melted away.
She did need some help — putting up an ad on Craiglist, doing something with leaves on her roof, etc. And it felt really good because this mess between us isn’t fixable, apparently. The history of the mess.
But if/when I’m helpful, there is no mess.
So that’s how I communicate with my mom — by being helpful.
Anyway, your blog post prompted me to go ahead and find the courage to do that.
Thank you.
Awesome, huh?? She has demonstrated, through action, a very basic truth: that there is no need for forgiveness at all. She has demonstrated – and beautifully – a very valuable lesson – that it is possible to bypass forgiveness altogether and to arrive at the place that is AFTER forgiveness – being helpful.
Christ’s is the vision I will use today.
