If you pray for yourself in the right way every day, you will find that the minor things of life will gradually fall correctly into place of their own accord without any trouble on your part. Contrast this with the usual method of trying to get everything right by separately organizing a thousand petty details, and you will appreciate how wonderfully the new spiritual basis sets you free.
If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light (Matthew 6:22).
The eye symbolizes spiritual perception. Whatever you give your attention to, is the thing that governs your life. Attention is the key. Your free will lies in the directing of your attention. Whatever you steadfastly direct your attention to, will come into your life and dominate it. If you do not direct your attention consistently to anything in particular, and many people do not, then nothing in particular will come into your life except uncertainty and suspense.
If the Glory of God comes first with you, and to express His Will becomes the rule of your life, then your eye is single and your whole body, or embodiment, will be full of light.
Many of us bemoan the crises that come into our lives and then wander around lost; questioning why life is so unfair. These broken and unfortunate souls then sink blinded into the mire of self-pity and resignation.
Then, there are those among us who seize on crisis and focus their lives like a laser on the solution. These brave and determined souls then rise enlightened into a quickened day of hope and selflessness.
It is these spirits of light, who focus their single eye unblinkingly on lifting others in their suffering that teaches us all how to free ourselves from that which plagues us.
And as they focus their single eye and “set their faces like flint” on overcoming the challenge, they rise shining to shed their light on all they touch.
May God grant that each of us see our challenges with the focused single eye and thereby bless all those we know and love; as do they.
Seeing single,
Z gardener
Author’s Note: Today we welcome the 100th member to the Good Morning Garden. He demonstrates his faith professionally in the realm of public policy, advocating for education and many other good causes. In his personal life, he has dedicated himself to his wife, his family and their cause in way that inspires and humbles all who know him. His tireless advocacy and efforts to preserve their life together, lifts up not only his family, but many others who face the same challenge. A challenge that together, they overcome each day in strength, hope and perseverance. This writer is blessed to call him friend and to witness the light shed by his single eye. And, this Garden is remarkably brighter for his presence here with us each day. Welcome to the Garden, Brother.
Z
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