That phrase has been in my mind for days...months now.
It might not be true all of the time or most of the time. 'Some of the time' is even pushing it. I'd venture to say that I stand with my eyes FIXATED on love hardly ever.
But whenever I DO remember it...I feel knocked off my feet with the wonder of it.
I picture myself standing - me, a mere mortal - head upturned, staring, unable to turn my eyes away from the marvel that is Jesus's glorious love for me, for that lady who was shouting at her kid, for that kind driver, for the teens spray painting their football team's name on that wall and for the grandfather catching his toddler granddaughter at the end of the slide.
That I am even allowed to stand in His sublime presence is a marvel to me. How do I dare? How is it even possible? Then it occurs to me that He was once like us - like me - and that He came to make us all daughters and sons of the King of Kings. We stand because He has raised us.
Our eyes, the windows to our souls - I hate that cliche phrase even while I realize that it is a true one - open wide and staring unblinking at His radiant self. We absorb Him into our beings and break into wide, cheek-challenging grins as the knowledge that this perfection incarnate loves US seeps into our possession.
My goal in life is to stand with eyes fixated on love forever.
This quote is courtesy of
/WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD UNAPOLOGETICALLY POST YOUR BEST MOMENTS from A Deeper Story @deeperstory
It might not be true all of the time or most of the time. 'Some of the time' is even pushing it. I'd venture to say that I stand with my eyes FIXATED on love hardly ever.
But whenever I DO remember it...I feel knocked off my feet with the wonder of it.
I picture myself standing - me, a mere mortal - head upturned, staring, unable to turn my eyes away from the marvel that is Jesus's glorious love for me, for that lady who was shouting at her kid, for that kind driver, for the teens spray painting their football team's name on that wall and for the grandfather catching his toddler granddaughter at the end of the slide.
That I am even allowed to stand in His sublime presence is a marvel to me. How do I dare? How is it even possible? Then it occurs to me that He was once like us - like me - and that He came to make us all daughters and sons of the King of Kings. We stand because He has raised us.
Our eyes, the windows to our souls - I hate that cliche phrase even while I realize that it is a true one - open wide and staring unblinking at His radiant self. We absorb Him into our beings and break into wide, cheek-challenging grins as the knowledge that this perfection incarnate loves US seeps into our possession.
My goal in life is to stand with eyes fixated on love forever.
This quote is courtesy of
/WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD UNAPOLOGETICALLY POST YOUR BEST MOMENTS from A Deeper Story @deeperstory
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