The Validating Witness
There are so many things we don't see, at least not clearly. We see and don't know what we're seeing. Just today as I was journaling I realized (God showed me) how self-centered and prideful my view has been that thought I deserved something different or more than I had. And that lack of seeing clearly led me to act more harshly, even though I thought of myself as grace-filled and understanding and on people's side. It makes me wonder how many more things I don't really see. Woe is me, except that there is also good news. Jesus is the light of the world. "Well how can he really know?" you may ask. Because he doesn't look at things or life or us from a narrow, near-sighted view of how it feels and "I wonder where this is all going" attitude. He sees from the viewpoint of the Father to whom He is listening rather than subject nonsense. We would do well to listen. And when that argumentative spirit raises its ugly head in us, we should see it for what it is: rejecting the view of our Lord and our God.
