Through His Eyes

I wonder what Christ thinks of our world today. In our world of technology and missed appointments, we are often in such a rush that we don't really see what's around us. How often have we rushed down the street and not looked around us and into the faces of those who pass by? I would venture to say many of them would look downtrodden and heavy with the weight of their world. There are so many people walking around feeling alone. Today there are more networking tools and gadgets and gizmos that are supposed to make us connected to the world...I think that, instead, they have isolated us and given us a false sense of knowing someone. You can go online and read all about a person and then pass by them in reality and hardly say 2 words to each other. I've learned that there are a lot of fake happy people out there. We put on a front to the world, display bright smiles and tell funny jokes to bring about laughter, but at the core of a lot of people there's pain and hurt, and a longing for someone to actually care. Truly care. To look beyond the facade and care what's there.

Why are we so afraid to have these types of relationships? Is it because we're scared of what people will think? What if the person you honked your horn at just had their husband leave them? What if the person next to you on the plane is headed home for a funeral?

I recognize that not everyone is an open book, nor are there always opportunities reach out to everyone you pass by .... but what if we determined to treat everyone as though they mattered and what they were feeling and thinking was important? That could even be as simple as holding the door and smiling into someone's eyes as you are on your way tomorrow. It could be picking up the coin the lady in front of you in the line at the grocery store dropped. It could be asking your coworker how they are and actually sticking around to hear the answer. I pray that we would have more compassion for others.... that was the mark of Christ. No matter where He was, He cared. When He was tired, discouraged, .... He reached out. The power of kindness can go a long way. You just never know what people are going through.

I think Brandon sums it up quite nicely:


Give Me Your Eyes

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black tile
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breath in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared?

Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted
Wasnt it far beyond my reach?
Give me your heart for the once forgotten
Give me your eyes so I can see

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide whats underneath
Theres a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
Hes out of work
Hes buying time
Are those people going somewhere?
Why have I never cared?

Ive Been there a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all alone

(Brandon Heath, Give Me Your Eyes)