How’s your observance of Lent going? In the light of Christ, have you come to see your life or the life of our church differently?
I. Seeing the Big E
In the 6th Grade I recall learning two things about seeing and not seeing. It was the year the school nurse visited to give us an eye exam. When it came time for me to step up to the line and read the letters on the eye chart, I confessed to the nurse: “I know it’s a big E,” because I’ve heard everyone ahead of me tell you it is. But to be honest, I can’t see it.” Soon after I started wearing glasses.
Until then I thought that what I was seeing was everything there was to see. I was wrong.
The second thing I learned about seeing wasn’t about my eyes but about my perspective. You see, I had been forewarned about Mrs. Burton. I’d been told…