{"id":2628,"date":"2016-07-12T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/12\/eyes-to-see\/"},"modified":"2020-12-15T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T23:20:08","slug":"eyes-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/12\/eyes-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes to See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My precious pig-tailed girl filled a bucket with shells. It seemed that her little hands picked up <i>everything<\/i> she saw. At 6, I knew she meant to take each piece back home to Atlanta&#8230;. adding to the growing pile accumulating at our beach rental.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Running to me holding up one more broken fragment of a shell, I gently suggested, <em>&#8220;How about you only keep the pretty ones.&#8221;<\/em> She turned her surprised green eyes upward and said, &#8220;<i>This is pretty, Momma&#8230; you just can&#8217;t see it.&#8221; <\/i>Oh children have this way of speaking such truth!<\/p>\n<p class=\"poetry1\"><em><strong>From the mouths of children and nursing babies You have ordained praise on account of \u00a0Your adversaries,\u00a0so that You might put an end to the vindictive enemy.<\/strong><\/em> Psalm 8:2<\/p>\n<p>As I swam in the ocean with this very same child, nearly grown now, I was reminded again how quickly I have been to pass by and not notice beauty. God&#8217;s beauty. Whether in a person, or a day, or even an experience.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I need help to see all the priceless moments. Life is a gift, not something to get through, but something to unwrap. Monday&#8217;s that feel like drudgery, \u00a0unexpected interruptions, mundane chores. All of these offer potential <i>beauty<\/i> if I will accept them as gifts from God&#8230; if \u00a0only I&#8217;ll look for His blessing.<\/p>\n<p>God give me Your eyes to see all the pretty shells &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n<p><b>ForGlorySake! &#8211;<\/b><i>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDSC01655_077.jpg?resize=640%2C824&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5732\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My precious pig-tailed girl filled a bucket with shells. 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