"...but whenever a man turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away."
~ The Apostle Paul
There is a liberty that comes from having right perspective. In a world full of broken people various circumstances and relationships are often like so many pieces of shattered glass fanned out about a walking path-- annoying at best, dangerous at worst. Our perspectives are quickly skewed by that which bucks against our ideals. We see according to our natural tendencies. The glass is half full, half empty, or missing altogether. It is in this way we see what we want to see. We measure another person's worth, and even our own, based on limited vision and ignorance. We are Pollyanna or we are jaded. Either way we are too often wrong. There is a liberty that comes from having right perspective.
How can you know someone who is so flawed is also so beautiful? It would be so much simpler to act on only half-truth. Pick a side and align your loyalty accordingly. Ah, but we are not all good and all bad. We were born in sin and in the Imago Dei at the same time. Such contradiction finds its existance in every single soul. And so you pray to see what needs to be seen. When you see the whole truth -- not just the part you are hard-wired to respond to based on your personal tendency-- you align with the whole truth. You see with truth and grace. And so you don't put limits on the future of a up-till-now wayward child. You humbly give your difficult boss the credit for her great ideas... because she's hard to get along with, yes, but she's brilliant too. And when your friends tell you they would have walked out a long time ago? You stay.
By God's grace you see past the obvious and through the veil. This is mystery, and it is miracle.
"So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord.
And the Lord-- Who is the Spirit-- makes us more and more
like Him as we are changed into His
glorious image."
2 Corinthians 3:18
~Kara
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