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AN EYE
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parts of our bodies seem more mysterious then others. We can study the
eye and learn how it works, what makes it healthy or ill. We can help the
eye to see better with glasses and magnifying lenses. But we find it
difficult to comprehend the real mystery of seeing. Our eyes bring the
outside world in to us and our eyes often mirror our inside world out to
others. What do people see when they look into our eyes? Does the eye
become the camera of our minds? Can people see, by looking into our eyes,
if we share the vision of Jesus? Do they see mercy, love, forgiveness,
kindness? Or do they see hardness, judgment, cynicism, meanness? Or do
they see both? Jesus told us to take the “beam out of our own eyes”
before we judge the splinter in the eyes of our neighbor. If we did this,
what vision would we have of the world.?
Reprinted with permission from “Little Things Mean A Lot” by Marie
McIntyre; all rights reserved, © 1985.
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