My Eyes

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her.
She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her,"Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?"
The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying, "Just take care of my eyes dear." (He had donated his eyes to her.)
This is how the human brain changes when our status changes.
Only few remember what life was before, and who's always been there even in the most painful situations.
Perception for some people is greater than reality.
We find in 2 Corinthians 4:18 Paul writes, "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

My mentor and spiritual father, Bishop Woody Thomas, would say too those that are blind and pretend to see, 'To them that know nothing needs to be said, but to them don't know, nothing can be said."

In life you will notice people who are so bent on seeing something that they will deceive themselves into believing a lie. In psychology you learn that if something is repeated often enough it begins to sound like it is true.
Cults and cult-like social behavior use these techniques to control and manipulate people
into believing deceptive doctrine. Often you'll find that they'll use social engineering to reinforce behavior and thought modification by incorportating telling someone near you a phrase or physical contact. Though in a positive light these concepts are good, but what is good can also be used to manipulate and reinforce deceptions.
In corporate worship, it is all about worship to the Lord and repeating God's Word.
If you find yourself in a setting where it seems hyped, emotional and your chanting phrases manufactured by the speaker. Make note of what is said and search out the scripture to see if it is lining up with the Word.
Don't give that which is precious to that which is short term, manipulative and will not
exist in heaven.
The guy in the story should have noticed the self deception that was at play.
Notice what the girl was saying about herself and saying about the situation.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak.

I had a friend once who was so convinced of a perception being fact, that he acted on
the perception even though it wasn't true. He got into agreement with others and repeated it in his mind so often, that noone could convince him that what he thought was evidence was not true.

Don't loose your sight by being so in love with that which is not true or real.

With that I close this blog with Colossians 3:1-12 from 'The Message' bible,
"1-2 So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that's where the action is. See things from his perspective.
3-4Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you'll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ.
5-8And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That's a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
9-11Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it. All the old fashions are now obsolete. Words like Jewish and non-Jewish, religious and irreligious, insider and outsider, uncivilized and uncouth, slave and free, mean nothing. From now on everyone is defined by Christ, everyone is included in Christ.
12-14So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It's your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. "

Isn't it amazing how the scripture flies in the face of the ego motivated, self deceptive talk
that flows from the mouth and is the manner of some people. God says put away the
foolishness and embrace the life that God has prepared.
Don't empower those who would love such ego, self deceptive, manipulative talk by giving them your time and attention. Such non-repentive, lovers of self, whose god is their belly deserve your back and not your face, they don't deserve attention or time because they have disqualified themself from honorable living and sound doctrine.
Being lovers of platforms, microphones and manipulation more than lovers of God.
From such, turn away.

Don't give such people your eyes, because in the end, when you've poured out your life
and made them better, they'll forget you and drop you away like trash.
Don't spend any part of your life with such people. Love them, but move on.
The glory of God is not present in their presence because of their love for self more than lovers of God. Ichabod (The Glory is Gone). To embrace such people who have shipwrecked their faith and eventually their life, will cause you also to be shipwrecked.
From such people who confess to be wise, but act as fools, turn away.
God can deal with them.