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One of my favorite read-aloud books is Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier. The kids and I enjoyed this middle-grade fantasy novel about the adventures of a very precocious orphan, Peter Nimble, who excelled at thievery, despite being blind, and had an amazing ability to use several sets of magical eyes.
One set of eyes had the astonishing ability to transform him into the last thing he touched. Another whisked him away to a far away land. At the book's conclusion, the third set of eyes restored his natural eyesight. It seemed that he (with the help of his animal side kick) could get out of all kinds of scrapes and misadventures by using these three sets of fantastical eyes at whim.
All this got me thinking that I, too, would love to have a set of magical eyes.
Eyes to see others how God sees them.
Eyes of compassion.
Eyes of faith.
Eyes filled with love, mercy, justice, truth, and courage.
In short, a pair of Jesus' eyes to see the world as He does.
Yep, these would completely transform my life and the lives of those around me!
Thankfully, as followers of Christ, you and I have heavenly access to the Father and can pray for these eyes of Christ to see others and the world like He does.
Will you join me in prayer for these extraordinary eyes this week, dear friend?
Another Christian brother, Brandon Heath, has given us a beautiful song to this effect, called Give Me Your Eyes. I'll close today's post with an excerpt from these song lyrics for us both to reflect upon today:
"Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see,
Everything that I keep missing,
Give your love for humanity.
Give me your arms for the broken-hearted
The ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me Your heart for the ones forgotten.
Give me Your eyes so I can see."
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