If You Have Eyes
If you have eyes...
Why would you want to hide them? Designed to be Different
When first you look at someone, the first feature you focus upon is that someone's eyes. God has designed eyes to be set apart from the mouth, nose, and ears. Eyes are also things we find difficult to stare into for any amount of time with someone with whom you are even slightly uncomfortable with. I find nothing difficult in staring at my friend's ears, but if my eyes fall upon theirs - suddenly my eyes are wandering all about the room, as if hit by a magnet of the same polarity. Obviously eyes are more than marbles rolling around in our heads.
Designed to be Beautiful No one can deny that eyes are gleaming with beauty. Even those eyes which are deformed or faded. At my church there is this young girl who is mostly blind and most often uses a cane to walk. But her eyes are some of the most beautiful eyes I have taken note of. They are wide. They are living. However cliché this may sound, her eyes are an ocean. Even those eyes which are not considered well are wholly wonderful. Stare at this picture. Nothing is comparatively remarkable about this eye. In a way it is dry and ordinary.
But who can look at that and say "eww that's gross"? Even in an eye which is typical and not extraordinary there is a wealth of beauty. Designed to be Deep William Shakespeare said "the Eyes are the window to your soul." By looking into the eyes of someone you love there is something more you see, and understanding comes a lot more quickly. The eye often accomplishes what the tongue cannot. "Your eyes are a well" - how many movies have used this saying in a scene with two lovers? While I admit that the movie Trolls is not the foremost authority on some (most) (all) subjects, I will quote it on this: in the scene where Lady Glitter Sparkles (Bridget) is trying to win the heart of Prince Gristles, Lady Glitter Sparkles quoths to her heart's desire, "Your eyes - they're like two pools so deep I fear that if I dive in, I might never come up for air." If eyes are so deep - even "bergen" eyes in an animated movie about dolls from the 90's - surely they must be boundless in this three dimensional world which God made for us.
Through the Looking Glass Your eyes are the peephole into the place in which is your soul. To quote the Bible, the foremost authority on some (most) (all) subjects, "The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened" (Matthew 6:22, YTL98). In the ESV, this same verse reads "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light." So, according to Him who created them, eyes are the lamps which show your soul to be full of light. With your eyes you paint for the world your perfection in Christ. But, indeed, they serve a double purpose. What can shine as a lighthouse upon the world can also be a hole - in which is darkness.
If we read on in Matthew, we find that the eye can also emanate darkness. "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" (Matthew 6:22 ESV). So then your eyes are by what may be seen the darkness of a soul. Just as every member may be used for both good and evil, the eye can serve one of two masters: God or Satan. If eyes are more than marbles, we ought to know what ours are, and what light they radiate, and we must be careful that the light they shine is true. So what? Eyes are separate from your other members. Eyes are marvelously beautiful. Eyes are wells of your waters. And eyes are the lamps of your soul. Again I ask... If you have eyes - why would you want to hide them? I challenge you to remove your sunglasses for the next week. Unless you are driving down the highway straight into the sun and sunglasses are a measure of safety, please place your sunglasses beside you and walk with your eyes open and shining. If you do choose to cover your eyes, ask yourself why you are concealing the lamp of your body and two of the most beautiful things you shall ever come across. Radiate well. Sincerely, JA
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