Southern
California is going through a slight heat wave right now.
Slight
meaning the temperature is 15-20* higher than the average.
This
morning I got up flung open my window and kitchen door.
I
commented on how brisk it was outside.
The
thermometer stared back at me.
It
read 75*.
At
5am.
In
Southern California.
Never
did I think I would dub 75* as brisk.
It’s
all about perspective.
I
have a friend who has this perspective thing nailed down.
He
will be hit by one thing after another
and
he still keeps perspective at the heart of it all.
Things
could be better,
sure.
But
things could also be far worse.
Keeping
perspective in mind is so much easier said than done.
Perspective
is about deeming 75* cold
during
a heat wave.
It’s
about viewing life from a different angle.
About
seeing the whole picture.
It
involves humility-
maybe
things aren’t so bad.
It
requires trust that things will get better.
It
demands hope that there is life worthy of experiencing down the line.
It
needs faith.
Faith
in better things,
things
unseen.
It
requires a relationship with One
higher,
more
powerful,
greater,
more
holy than the self.
It
requires ditching the facades
and
experiencing life truthfully and through a raw lens.
It
means looking at the suffering of the Cross and realizing-
He
did that,
for
me.
Maybe
life isn’t all that horrible.
Maybe
life is still worth living.
Maybe
there is more.
There
might be better.
There
could even be worse.
But
right here,
right
now,
there
could always be better.
Our
perspectives need adjustments.
They
need to be adjusted to focus on Him.
It feels like your life's crashing down all around
you
Let me ask if it's really so bad
Look at the world in its suffering
Can you honestly tell me that no one else could understand
All of the hurting inside
Why can't you see that freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away
Who could you be if your lens was changed for a moment,
Would you still be the same?
Let me ask if it's really so bad
Look at the world in its suffering
Can you honestly tell me that no one else could understand
All of the hurting inside
Why can't you see that freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away
Who could you be if your lens was changed for a moment,
Would you still be the same?
Yesterday, you really couldn't see
By changing your angle a new world would be
Revealed to your once blinded eyes by moving a few degrees
Perspectives-Kutless
"It requires trust that things will get better.
ReplyDeleteIt demands hope that there is life worthy of experiencing down the line."
Gotta focus on the positive!
Thanks be to God for a brighter future down the line!
^_^
MrsO.