WINDOWS

Windows are so useful on many different levels. They allow one to see the world from a place of refuge.

To be sheltered from the climate, yet see the light. Be able to savor all the beauty, but not have to tolerate any thing we want to block out.

Yet the windows are also fragile. They break easy. And thus can be something with both a good and bad quality.

Still we don't give up on them despite the risk. We haven't stopped using them even if we have had broken windows.

It has been said the eyes are the windows to the soul. And it is amazing how you can get a sense about a person from their eyes.

Sometimes it is good, others not. But one thing I think remains true is that the will always reflect what is inside.

Pity our lips try so hard to give their own version. They can really disguise what is there even if we think it is so.

God shines from the soul of one who is truly trusting in Jesus as Lord and Savior. He will not need to mask that reality.

It is amazing how many that claim to be followers do so with their lips, but you can't see it in their eyes. Just not there.

Still, they know all the right words. They speak the language of faith. Just not the soul of faith.

In every gaze there is a message. One that doesn't always reflect what we proclaim. Hopefully, it will be one that is honest.

I find that missing in many cases. I don't care that a person is a sinner. I care about their need to lie about it.

How this honors God I have no idea. Nor does it ever bring in good. For that will never result in what we think.

Yet the masquerade goes on. People do it all the time. So sad it is when they do. And if only the Holy Spirit really was their light.

So sad it is all a look so hollow. Something that will never change by what is not there. For the wrong eyes it is only sadness.

For the one of faith it will shine.