Did You See Them?
This happens to me all the time. I’ll be behind the wheel, and one of my kids will say, “Did you see that?”
“See what?” I call back.
“That cloud it looks like an elephant.”
It is easy to miss the picture when you’re a growup– with no sense of imagination and eyes trained on the traffic.
Do you see them? They are are the overlooked:
- Behind a cash register
- Under an overpass
- In a restaurant
- At a gas station
- Holding a leaf blower in the street
All the people that you might never see if you are in a hurry and a prisoner to your schedule.
Even worse, you can be so driven that you don’t even see your own family. Your child is trying to tell you something, and you are glued to a book, or the internet, or a television show.
Thomas Merton once wrote, “it might be a good thing to open our eyes and see.”
Jesus said, “Look at the birds of the air . . . ” (Matthew 6:26).
Carefully take your eyes off the traffic and worries.
Slow down.
Give yourself permission to see the world around you.
See all of it– even those who are overlooked.
Consider the details of life.
Realize again that God is present.
How can He use you in this moment?
“Prisoner” to our overloaded schedules is an apt term for many of us. Stopping to really “see” is an area in which we can all afford to “become more like these little ones.”