Lent 3 - Who Would Jesus See?

We see things as they are not, because we see them centered on ourselves. Fear, anxiety, greed, ambition and our hopeless need for pleasure all distort the image of reality that is reflected in our minds.           

                                                                                                Thomas Merton

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All of life is seen through a “glass darkly”

each of us sees the world

the people in it

through the lenses of our own thoughts, values, and experiences

and thus through

our own fear, anxiety, greed, and anger

and thus we interpret the world

from the focal point of self

a wounded self

what looks like blindness

is not blindness

it is altered sight

through the lens of power and wealth

the rich see the poor as lazy and worse

through the lens of poverty

the poor see the world as a place of injustice

(which it is) and can no longer muster the

energy (difficult on an empty stomach) to strive

only one thing can correct these distortions

GRACE

God’s love

The inner presence of the Sacred

People often ask, “What would Jesus do” (WWJD)

Perhaps the truly profound and important question is this….

“What would Jesus see?”  (or perhaps “Who would Jesus see”)  

WWJS

we need the eyes of grace

we need the eyes of love

we need to see people the way Jesus saw people

(and sees them still)

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On this 3^rd day of Lent

Let us challenge ourselves to see all who cross our path

Through the eyes of Christ (the eyes of grace)