The Opening of Our Eyes

The eyes of a child never lie.

One of my favorite times of the day is early in the morning when my daughter starts to wake-up. There is a slight desperation to her cries...as if she knows that it is morning and has the idea that the louder she cries the quicker breakfast will arrive. I ease the door to the nursery open and gently walk over to the crib....I peer into the pink abyss that is her bed. She pauses for a moment as she studies this new intrusion into her sight line....and then it happens.

The smile.

Her mouth widens, her eyes flicker with recognition, and the arms immediately go up. Her dad has come and it is time to get up and face the day. I relish the feeling of her weight in my arms and we make our way down the stairs to enjoy a quality breakfast of rice cereal and mashed bananas. Life doesn't get any better than this.....

So many of us want this same relationship with God. We want to cry out when we wake to the realization of being alone and we long to see God peering over the bars of our lives....a smile on His face. There is nothing worse than opening your eyes and being completely alone.....especially when the last time you closed them....there were people all around you.

This the life sequence of faith. There are ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys, good and bad days. There are moments where we close our eyes to the obvious and pursue that which makes us feel good.....but eventually the glow fades and our eyes open again to the world we actually live in. The world that we wish to live in and the reality of where our bodies lie can be very different. The question that arises is where does God reside? Does He go with us when our eyes close to the reality of His love? Does He accompany us down the dark roads of desire? Will we feel His presence when our thoughts turn to those things that take us farther from Him?

Would I leave my daughter in a time of need? Would I fail to fix a wound that my little girl receives? Would I leave my daughter to cry in fear? Would I sit and watch while she encountered a circumstance beyond her comprehension?

No.

God goes with you in whatever direction you go. Whether it be a descent into darkness or an ascension to opportunistic glory. He must go for He understands that we are just children trying to find our way in this crazy world. The roller coaster ride which is our faith journey dictates that we are in constant need of supervision. When our eyes are open to all that He is giving to us....He is there. When our eyes close to His love....He is there. When we awake....back from the nightmare of the failures of desire....He is there.

He will never leave......you may try......but you are in His grip.

Forever.