Look at the image. Tell me what you see.

Our brains are amazing vehicles for informing us of the world around us, but they can also limit us and impede us when we believe that what we see defines everything that’s real and true or that what we see defines the entirety of the universe. Can we truly know based on only our sensory experience? Or is there something more, another kind of knowing, that lies outside of our empirical knowledge? Christians believe there is. In fact, most people believe there is, but yet, we insist that what we see and know is the naked truth.

What is this beautiful image?

It’s a human eye.

Intricate and beautifully made, the eye serves as our refractor for both color and truth. Our eyes help us make sense of who and where we are in our scheme of existence.

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