It's Time to Clean Your Glasses

 

Have you ever put on a pair of glasses or sunglasses that had fingerprints and smudges all over them? If you have, you have experienced the annoyance of being unable to see clearly. Everything is a blurry mess, and I have a strong aversion to that.

Many years ago, as I was going through much inner healing, I realized that when you are holding on to pain, unforgiveness, and unhealed wounds, it clouds everything. It's like you are walking around wearing dirty glasses...all...the...time. You lose your 20/20 vision, and your whole world is skewed, blurred by the pain you carry. 

As I was growing up, I had some issues with rejection. I didn't often experience the warmth of acceptance and affirmation. Instead, many times I dealt with comparison, not measuring up, and feeling unworthy, which allowed a spirit of rejection to take root in my heart.

For years, I was totally oblivious to the fact that I was living my life looking through the lens of rejection. Any kind of criticism would immediately turn my thoughts to "I am a terrible person", or "I don't measure up, I don't meet the standard". I would rationalize my troubled thoughts, telling myself that I was a sensitive person, when in reality, I was an unhealed person.

After I got rid of the ungodly spirit of rejection ( and other unhealthy things) I was amazed at how clearly I could see. Suddenly, words didn't sting so badly, and I didn't automatically default to self-deprecation. 

When rejection or other self-defeating words are in front of your vision, it hinders you from seeing the whole picture because what you see first is rejection. It reduces your ability to think, see, and hear from a place of wholeness.

I am reminded of a song which contains these lyrics...

Heal my heart and make it clean

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love like you have loved me

As you read and process this blog post, my prayer for you is that any unhealed places in your heart will be revealed so that you can walk in freedom and see through a lens that is washed clean by the redemptive blood of Jesus.

Blessings to you, my friends! Thanks for reading.