We See as Through a Glass Darkly

The vision that we have of the world around us is tempered by what is present in our hearts.  Loves and joys along with fears and dread color what we see.  Reality is only as objective as our subjective perceptions of it.  Two people may look upon the same sight and see something completely different. For both, what they see is true for them.  Their hearts have defined the images.  When someone shares what they see, it may be different from what someone else sees, but still the truth.

For ancient believers, the face of God was too awesome, to powerful to see.  When God walked before them they averted their eyes or veiled their faces for fear of being consumed by the face of God.  Their vision of God was clouded by the veil.  St. Paul spoke of this when he said that what we see now is an indistinct image of God - God as viewed in a cloudy mirror or through a glass, darkly.  He spoke the truth, as he saw it.  He longed for heaven when he would see face to face.

When we share what we see, what we believe, we hope to allow others to see our vision or version of the truth.  We share to persuade sometimes, to enlighten perhaps, or just to allow others to see what we see.

In this blog I hope to share what I see or think or feel about life and love and God and faith and hope and yearning.  I believe that all of us have stories to tell.  This is my attempt to tell my stories and share the vision that I have colored by what is in my heart.