June 8, 2005

[Rev. Doc]

Perspective

"Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not - to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him."
I Corinthians 1:26-29

There is God's perspective and then there is man's.

A young couple rented a vacation cottage for a week. One afternoon the husband looked out a window at the swimming pool and exclaimed, "Let's change our clothes and go get some exercise!" His wife, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen and looking out the window watching some people play tennis, quickly agreed. While she dressed for a tennis match, he put on his swimming trunks. The window a person chooses to look out at the world often determines that individual's perception of reality.

We need to make sure that we are seeing things out of the same window that God is.

Prayer: Ask the Lord to help you have His perspective of life.

"Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw mud, one saw stars."
~Anonymous