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🥰 Letters from the Couch: Smeared Glasses

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Smeared Glasses

Ackk! My glasses are smeared again!

I reach for my specially-treated, purple cloth and wipe off the smearies.

How does that stuff get there? Always amazes me that it just appears.

Usually, I don’t notice that my glasses are dirty, and I don’t realize I’m squinting. The change is so subtle that it’s overlooked.

Sometimes, I get a headache. After removing the film and spots from my glasses, my eyes relax and I can see better.

As Trapper John once said to Radar on M*A*S*H, “Clean your glasses and you’ll know where you are!”

Aren’t we like that spiritually? I know I am. Looking through spiritual lenses, I don’t realize the build up of smudges, spots, and blemishes caused by the things I say, do, see, hear, or those nasty surrounding circumstances.

Things get blurry. And get worse. It’s like gradually drawing down a blackout shade. So imperceptible that it isn’t detected, until it is pitch black and I don’t know where I am!

I tolerate those tiny, subtle spots and unconsciously overlook them. I end up with a squinting spirit and instead of a headache, I develop a heartache. And the disconnect from the Lord slowly takes place.

Jesus died for those spots and blemishes in the lives of His Church Bride, “He gave up His life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to Himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.” (Eph. 5:25b-28 NLT)

I need to ask the Lord to search me, to bring those things to my attention of which I may be unaware or have ignored. Praying David’s prayer is always a good start, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” (Ps. 139:23-24 NLT)

Have your spiritual lenses been smeared lately? Pray along with David to clean them, so you’ll know where you are!

May you always seek to clearly see the Lord…Lynn

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