Lent 28 - Many blind people

“Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing.”

― George MacDonald

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they say seeing is believing

but do we see?

really?

ah those glasses that slip down my nose

first one lens

then bifocals

now trifocals

those lenses put everything

everything

into focus

or

not

ah those lenses

that twist and distort

those lenses

that are my values, my beliefs

that are my “self talk”

do I see?

or do I see what I want to see?

do I see what is

or a world of my own making?

I think there are many blind people

who see a world that does not exist

who see a god that is not God

I think there are many blind people

who do not see the poor

or the vulnerable

but more importantly do not see

themselves

do not see their greed

their fear

there are people who see failure where there is success

and success where there is failure

righteousness where this is hate and evil

and evil where there is goodness

ah

but I too am afflicted

forgive me Lord for my blindness

let me not be blind

let me not be a blind person leading the blind

give me eyes

eyes

that

see