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| Open Our Eyes, Lord |
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| ¡°And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.¡± ( Acts 9:8 , KJV ) |
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Paying tuition at a Christian school for our four children required sacrifice. They felt ¡°poor,¡± embarrassed that their clothes didn¡¯t bear the right labels . Even though each child had his own bedroom, our house didn¡¯t quite ¡°measure up¡± to those of many classmates. And the ¡°clunkers¡± we drove certainly were no match for the late models in the parking lot! Our ¡°much talking¡± about being rich in the Lord, as well as materially, seemed to fall on deaf ears.
All that changed one fall when our sixteen-year-old returned from a summer in Honduras. He had lived in a mountain village and traveled by horseback to even more remote areas. He had slept in hammocks above dirt floors in one-room shanties. He had eaten just saltines and crackers while traveling. And he had seen a lot of naked and malnourished children.
At his homecoming the realization I had prayed to see was reflected in his astonished eyes. He blurted out words I won¡¯t ever forget. ¡°Mom,¡± he said, awe in his voice, ¡°we live in a mansion!¡±
Perspective is everything, isn¡¯t it? I recently heard, ¡°Would you be willing to live more simply so that others might simply live?¡± Open our eyes, Lord! |
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Holy God, we confess we are rich. Open our eyes, Lord. In the name Jesus. Amen. - ELAINE YOUNG McGUIRE, Lilburn, Georgia |
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