Matthew’s Angst 623

They have been described as “the window to the soul” and there is truly a phenomena that telegraphs information about individuals when we look in their eyes. “Her eyes sparkled and shinned like the stars” says the love struck, “He had Blood in his eye”- a phrase denoting one who wanted a fight. “you can’t hide your lyin' eyes, and your smile is a thin disguise” -the E agles

Consider this: Mathew 6: 22-24, "The lamp of the body is the eye, if it is clear the body is full of light. But if the eye is bad your whole body is full of darkness. If the light in you is darkness then how great is the darkness."

Our world of distraction can lead us to total over-load. We just have so many things to think about, worry about. Our need to take action in so many directions can lead us to a virtual catatonic state, being frazzled, at the end of our rope. We can let the light in us fade like an old flashlight battery, we can burn it on unimportant concerns. And others can see it in our eyes. What is this energy? Where does it come from? In cartoons the dead are often depicted with just ‘x’s for eyes. The frail jewel of an eyeball in it’s liquid envelope of tear can tell so much about the depth of life within. Not just the physical blood pumping and breath, but the state of the soul, the events that have shaped this life, the hope for the future, and the probable impact this individual could have on us. Consider this about the author of life:

John chapter 1 : “He was with God in the beginning. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”

Our “countenance” comes through in our posture and in our eyes. If you are on the way to darkness it shows. We have so much to distract us these days from the true light of the world, we can get so concerned about this or that that our light can get so very dim. And our ability to come to a spiritual relationship can be virtually gone. But then, when we enter into darkness we may cry out in anguish and there in that despair a living God will come to us. The light does shine in the darkness. Will you comprehend it? You must be willing to let the rest of those draining concerns go.

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