With Eyes Wide Open

I think that one of the biggest dangers in life is becoming overwhelmed with the ordinary and mundane, and failing to open our eyes to the extraordinary and supernatural, and to the meaning that lies beneath.

Jesus once chided his disciples for failing to look beyond the ordinary. “Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?” (Mark 8:18)

It’s a good reminder to me, this Christmas season. The preparation, the decorations, the Christmas meal, the gifts, the family, the company, the singing, the tree, the candles –all these things have an extra-ordinary meaning for those who have eyes to see. The visible points to the invisible. The natural points to the supernatural. It all points to the jaw-dropping wonder of the gospel of Jesus Christ and his glorious kingdom.

Albert Einstein once said,

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is a good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

Are your eyes closed, or are they open?  Take a moment to pause, and wonder, and stand rapt in awe at the meaning of it all.