Sound of Surviving Blog

Have you ever met someone so frustrating, that even just thinking about them annoys you? I think it’s inevitable. We’ll all meet someone like this at some point in our lives. This is when we need to ask God to give us his eyes. Not only his eyes, but his love too. However, I’ve found that when we can see through his eyes, his love tends to follow as well. If we look at others, not as the world sees them, but as if we’re looking at them through God’s eyes, we see all the good about them that we may otherwise miss looking through our worldly lenses. Looking at others through God’s view not only gives us the clarity we need to see the best in others, but also the realization that they, too, are God’s beloved children. There’s a song by Thomas Rhett, that includes the lyrics, “I hope when we get to Heaven, he looks at us all like we’re kids
Shameless and painless and perfect and ageless… Forgives all the wrong that we did”. It reminds me of how we’re called to be more like God in our words, thoughts, and actions. Throughout the Bible, God calls all of the people we read about, from the downcast like David, to the mighty ones, like Samson, his children (Psalm 2:7). Maybe those around us, especially the most frustrating and exhausting people, just need a reminder of who they are: a child of the one true king. If we spend more time looking through God’s lenses instead of the ones the world says to, we might not only see others for the good that they bring to the world, but also help remind them, of their own worth, and of their own beauty.