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James Pate

What does God want us to see?

Did you see it? The Northern Lights?

 

Ruth and I went out on the Friday night, so we missed the build up on tv. By Saturday it was too late.

 

Did you see the video clip of the two man who were overjoyed and in awe because they thought they saw the Northern Lights? Until they realised that the purple light came from the Premier Inn.

 

Or hear the story of the man who went to the top of the hill in his local park to get away from the light pollution? He was disappointed that lots of people had the same idea. He got annoyed with the chatter and put on his noise cancelling headphones. When the lights came, he was facing the wrong way and he didn’t hear the ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs.’ Oh dear.

 

Some people said that that the pictures they saw online were better than anything they saw. The explanation, I’m told, is that today’s smartphones can process more light than the human eye. Even without photoshop, the pictures will look better than what we might think is real thing.

 

I wonder what God wants us to see today. Maybe we are in awe at things that aren’t so great. Maybe we aren’t hearing because we’ve switched off. Maybe we feel we’ve missed out because we don’t see what others seem to see.

 

You don’t see the Northern Lights by trying hard. It’s all about looking at the right place and the right time, and maybe accepting that we are not capable of seeing them in all their glory.

 

Jesus showed Thomas his hands and side.  He called Mary be name. He revealed himself in the breaking of bread. He was recognised after a huge catch of fish. It’s about God opening our eyes.

 

Our eyes can’t see Jesus in all his glory. The scriptures tell us that we are not so likely to find him among the powerful and successful. We may be more likely to find him in the sorrowful, in those treated unjustly, in those who are sick and even dying. The greatest revelation of God our Father us seen in someone who is dying.

 

Let’s be curious today.

 

James

 

 

 

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