eyes to see

Anita offered to cook supper
my momma didn't raise a fool,
I quickly accepted the offer of meatloaf and mashed potatoes

after supper she built a fire
after dark we looked up at the night sky
before dark we laid on the hammock and admired the clouds

my thoughts as I counted one, two, three, maybe four stars?

"don't allow what you can see lie to you about what you can't see."
I knew clouds covered the stars because I've been there on a clear night
and on a clear night there's no way you can count the stars that fill the sky

I turned the flash off on my camera
and took another photo,
never expecting the outcome to be this:

my immediate thought?

"the lens through which we look makes a difference in what we see...

and in how clearly we see it."

my brown eyes need help seeing clearly

especially for things in the distance

even more especially for driving safely in the dark

my spiritual eyes are in the same shape

I'm guessing yours are too

let's pray Ephesians 1:15-23 for one another 

Ephesians 1:15-23

"For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way."