When We Don't See Eye to Eye

Scripture is clear that when we follow Christ, we’ll often be misunderstood by the world around us. But what about when we, as Christians, don’t understand one another?

I’ve been thinking and praying about this lately. Different ways of seeing things do arise, and sometimes they reveal big differences. Often, at those times, more talk won’t bridge the gap. It can even make it bigger.

This brings to mind a picture of two people standing on either side of the Grand Canyon, trying to talk (or shout) their way across it. It doesn’t work because the Grand Canyon is just too big.

But then I think of God. He is far more grand than the grandest of canyons. And if I am looking up at His grandeur and you are looking up at it too, we can be together in that orientation. It will soften our hearts toward one another and help us to listen with compassion. And though we may still disagree on the problems as well as the solutions, we will have the patience we need to keep loving each other. That’s God’s power made perfect in our weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9— “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-8—”Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;  does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;  does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. . .”

Help us Lord, to keep our eyes on You. Help us to love one another, even when we don’t see eye to eye. In Your Name, Amen.

Blessings to you and me this week, as we seek to set our eyes continually on the Lord.

~Amy