Perspective and Using Our Father's Eyes as Corrective Lens

{This is Charles first Art Class drawing for 2008}

Perspective, How you see someone or something. As humans our perspective is limited and impacts our decisions, emotions and behaviors. We have sayings like "Seeing is believing". But, God is all seeing and has perfect vision of everyone, and everything.

I have said before, one of my prayers is that I will try to view people and situations as God views them. Amy Grant's song, My Father's Eyes talks about seeing people and things as God sees them another song is by Eric Clapton and is also titled My Father's Eyes.

Changing our perspective can have a positive effect on our decisions, emotions and behaviors and we can help others see things differently by sharing, our vantage point and corrective lens, Our Father's Eyes. Both of these songs are on the playlist player, click on the > and scroll down till you find them. Listen to the songs as you look at the picture. Or look at Our Father's Eye below.

John 16:16,17 A little while, and you will no longer behold Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me" because I go to the Father"

Written Words Stay With You

I LOVE letters, cards, notes, papers, drawing whatever someone actually writes (or types now a days) but I keep things that most people toss, for probably longer then is considered necessary but days like today make it worth while. I have little boxes and files for notes and things that encourage me or make me smile, sometimes I write notes to remind me later why the item is in there :) today I was going through a file of things that made me smile in the last few months and I found the Mother's day card Charles made me with my "gift" inside. He asked me what I wanted for Mother's day and I told him all I wanted was a note about how he feels about me and something I do for him that he appreciates. Oh my.... I would have this framed but I like holding it.. Days and times like this make you feel so loved and appreciated and that you are doing a good job. Sometimes I just need to relish in these moments of past to get me through the days until the next one.

If Only I Could ..... But, you can (Heavenly Father)

There are those days that you feel so unimportant, devalued or only valued for your low ranking actions. If you are discounted in the world, fear not for it is only temporary. The world tells you that your flaws are deducted from your value and are useless, but Christ says differently and He is more powerful than your worst fear, behavior, or mistake. There is nothing you have not been forgive from, if you do not "feel" forgiven you need to call on the Father. He promises your hearts desires, ( remember Christ is part of you and He has the Fathers will as a desire of his heart). You are reedemed by the Blood of Christ not by earthly treasurers.

If Only I Could ..... But, you can (Heavenly Father)

By Dorothy A. Wiggins

If only I was seen for my heart

If only actions where attributed to my heart instead of the gains

If only I would trust you, Father, with my days

If only I could control my mind and emotions

If only... I could change all of me I do not like, but I can't but I know and trust you can.

You made man from the dust of the earth, surely you can transform me

You can make me gentle and sweet, joyful and calm

You can transform my mind and heal my body

You can make me rest and trust, love and be patient

I choose to believe you ARE changing me and making me consistent

Written to respond to: 1 Peter 1:17-19

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the times of your stay here knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold from your aimless conduct "received" by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot.

Who are you submitting to for judgment? You belong to the King of Kings, he redeemed you, He cleared the slate and you cannot be devalued, because you were purchased with His priceless blood, nothing compares to Him, he was the only Perfect and blameless flesh to walk this earth, but when he said It is Done, it was Finished and you were sealed with the Heavenly Father forever. Your value is not a token or to be comparable to anything, it is determined by Christ's blood; Priceless. You were reedemed because God loved you and sent his willing and obedient son to reedem you back to him. You are a new creation, formed and purified by the holy spirit which came to you at the time of salvation. Your desires to be like Christ are granted. Your flaws, like all of your being and the events of your life will be worked for good. (Romans 8:28).