I asked for God to give me eyes to see last time.
Today I realized…what I need is someone else’s eyes. God’s eyes have a perspective that frankly he won’t share. He told Job, “who do you think you are?”. And I get it. He’s God, he can do that.
What I really need is a human’s eyes. Someone on this side of heaven that has perspective. Mine are blocked, blinded. I don’t see the purpose in all this. I don’t see the purpose in the abuse, the pain, the freaking response to the virus. I don’t see the “good” in it all. In fact, what I see is the opposite. A God and government that cannot be trusted and will in fact hurt for their own good pleasure.
Isn’t that what God did to Job? He hurt him. On purpose. Why? For the pleasure of showing Satan he wouldn’t falter? Don’t get it.
And so my eyes see cruelty exacted for the pleasure of others. I’m not saying it’s what’s real, but I’m saying it’s what I see. I’m blinded.
And so I need someone else’s eyes. I called a friend today. Someone who has experienced great suffering (child with cancer). He said to watch the Karate Kid.
Daniel just finished 4 days of washing cars, painting the fence, painting the house and sanding the floors and he was over it. Daniel was complaining that Mr Miyagi promised to teach him Karate and instead he made him his personal slave.
Mr. Miyagi said, “Not everything is as it seems” to which Daniel replied, “Bullshit, I’m going home man”. Mr. Miyagi then shows him the purpose behind each of the exercises. It all….made sense then.
I want to see how it all makes sense. How these things have a purpose.
But I can’t see…can someone loan me their eyes…
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