CAN YOU SEE NOW?

"Charlie Brown holds up his hands before his friend Lucy and says, 'These are hands which may some day accomplish great things.  These are hands which may some day do marvelous works!  They may build mighty bridges, or heal the sick, or hit home runs, write soul-stirring novels!  These are hands which may some day change the course of destiny!'  Lucy, who always sees things as they are, replies, 'They've got jelly on them."

Luke 8 Jesus heals a blind man and asked him the question, "Can you see now?"  The blind man said, "Yes, I see people, but they look like trees walking around."  This man's vision was distorted but when Jesus touched the man eyes again and the man opened his eyes wide, his eyes were healed.
 Maybe the man just needed to open his eyes wide!

Maybe we just need to open our eyes wide and see the big picture and sees things as they really are.  In 2 Corinthians 4 the Apostle, Paul, speaks of what he saw -

• trouble on every side - but not distressed
• perplexed -but not in despair
• persecuted - but not forsaken
• cast down -but not destroyed
• outward man perishing - inward man being renewed daily
• light affliction for a moment - much greater reward that will last throughout eternity

When we look at the big picture we can see beyond the suffering and see God's glory.

Prayer today:  Lord, regardless of what I might go through, help me to see the "big picture" and know that mercy and grace will follow me all the days of my life!