Interesting thing about heartbreak, what keeps us in our pain are the memories both good and bad. We "see", we remember, which leads us to feel. We "see" things around us that remind us of that person, which opens up our wound yet again. Scripture tells us the eye is the lamp for the body. If our eye is good, we will be full of light. If our eye is bad, we will be full of darkness. What we "see" leads to what we feel. It's also interesting that what Jesus practiced daily was the shema. The Shema begins "Hear O Israel..." I believe to fully hear means to understand, to believe, and finally to obey what we're hearing because we understand and believe. Seeing leaves us too much to interpret on our own. We draw conclusions based on what we see. The Israelites did not "see" Moses so they built a golden calf they could see. Thomas doubted but longed to Jesus' scars rather than just hear him to know it was indeed him. In dealing with heartbreak, I wonder if we can try to hear that "still small voice" rather than rely on what we see. That we could learn to put more stock in shema and the shalom that would follow versus attempting to create and force our own path and destiny. What we choose to "see" is what we allow to infiltrate our hearts, either gradually or surreptitiously. Lets be aware of our lenses to ensure we are filtering through light and not darkness.
"Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and
the message is heard through the word about Christ."
Romans 10:17
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