We scheduled the Skype call, always necessary to do when
there are eight hours between us. A few minutes early, I turned Skype on and
realised that the video call was not enabled. It was not possible on my laptop,
which had updated a couple of days earlier. Something on the device has been
altered so that it no longer has the ability to see the person to whom I want
to talk.
Life serves us updates constantly. Things happen which alter
our perspective, which can narrow our view and can even blind us. Maybe our experiences
and hurts become so big in our own eyes that our shadow blots out an ability or
even a desire to have a better understanding of other people. Maybe a trauma
leaves a beam in our own eye.
Jesus talked about relationship blindness, where we become
so focused on the splinters in other people’s eyes that we are unaware of the
2x4 beam in our own. Kindness and compassion fall victim to self-awareness. We
retreat into ourselves and our spiritual eye of understanding is no longer
enabled. It may happen gradually or all of a sudden. A series of downloads and
updates or just one major event.
Jesus can take us back and restore our vision. Just as I
believe it is possible to go back to a historical setting in a computer, to
restore what it used to be, so Jesus can take us back to basics with him and restore
our default settings: we were created in the image of God. That is our default
setting, and God never stops loving, never stops forgiving, never stops giving
us the benefit of the doubt. He is always kind.
Through the power of his Holy Spirit living in me, leaning
heavily on Jesus, I can do the same.
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