All things new

Can you remember the first time that you saw one of this world’s extraordinary creations? Do you remember what you first thought? How did you take it all in? Did you focus on the creation as a whole, or did you clue in to one of its tiny but yet so detailed parts?

Take a tree for example, when you first lay eyes on it do you observe its height, its sturdy trunk, the enumerable leaves it has, etc. Or take a new baby, do you observe all the different flecks of blue in their eyes, exam the ten toes and fingers.


Do you ever wish that you could see something you see everyday for the first time again? Take your spouse for example, do you remember the first time you laid eyes on them, not just as a friendly glance, but the first time you really saw them and thought, this person could be the one for me. There are no words for how I felt that day. I remember everything, how bright the sun was shining, what color shirt he had on, my dreams of him being a dad, and in that moment the world seemed brighter and more clear and alive than it had ever felt. It is exhilarating, just thinking back on it makes me smile and my heart skip a beat.

It is easy to forget the wonder, isn’t it? It is easy for the extraordinary to become the ordinary or dare I say mundane or even boring. But it wasn’t always that way. In the beginning it was captivating, riveting, nothing less than amazing. So what changed? Did the tree loose its beauty; did it shrink in size or stature? Did the tree change or did I change?

I stopped looking at the tree in the same way. I did, I admit it. With everything so fast and bright and momentarily exhilarating, my eyes slowly turned from looking at the trees and the birds to looking at the “bigger and better.” Funny how that happens, slowly the world just kind of creeps in on you and life just doesn’t seem the same.

I DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OR LUKE OR CAROLINE!!!!!

Just admitting it and thinking about it reminds me even further, this “turning of the eyes” does not happen overnight. It is a slow process of looking to the world a little more each day, just knowing that should put a little fear in all of us! Dear Lord, please help us to find great joy, appreciation and satisfaction in all that we have and have been given. Help us to be a grateful family and to look with new eyes every day to you, the author and perfector of our faith! Thank you God for the breath taking creation this world is, it is amazing and I love it! Amen~