A friend heard Gabrielle tell a story about my Dad teaching her how to draw as a little girl. This morning she messaged us with this beautiful metaphor for what our family is facing today with Nicolas. What Do You See? What do you see? Dad says as he lifts his little girl up to the mirror. She has taken crayon to paper drawing a self portrait. Where are your eyes?, holding paper to her cheek he asks encouraging. Oh she giggles, thats my forehead. Yes, way to the top of her round circle are two eyes. Father is lovingly teaching his daughter. The process continues.... I do not know what kind of artist she has become but the teaching time is remembered & shared many years later, with fondness & a giggle. My heart is breaking as I take finger to tablet... Lungs full of gunk work hard to breath...Tubes going in & out where they should not be...he lies very still, the once very busy boy, now sedated to keep the storms at bay that invade his damaged brain. My picture...my empirical perspective... what I know to be true through science. It is ugly, sad, & daunting. But what if my eyes are on my forehead? What if what the conclusions I have drawn are not the true picture at all? The mirror , is not our own five senses but the Holy Bible. Father God holds us up to His Word & asks , What do you see? Where are My eyes?. Daddy God is loving & with us in the fun learning lessons of life, would He abandon us in the hard things? The Bible says God is present...I look for His reflection now, arm holding me up tight against His chest, the breath of His Holy Spirit at my ear what do you see? My eyes too full of tears right now to make out the picture clearly, but I know this is a teaching time. Father God never wastes any time with His precious little ones. Heavenly Father in this hard time, let me not fear what I see. Wipe my tears & hold me up so that I might see what Your Word reflects. Let my drawings proclaim Your truth. Rev21:3...He shall wipe away every tear... Romans12:2...be transformed by the renewing of your mind.... Phil4:8...whatever is true...worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. Amen ~CB
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 01:44:08 +0000
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