Seeing is Believing...Believing is SEEING!

I don’t understand how a person cannot believe in God.

This concept is so foreign to me…it is as if someone went back in time with a car and handed the keys to a caveman & said, “here ya go…take it for a spin”. I just don’t get it.

Believing in God and having Him be a part of your life raises everything to another level. I imagine that without God the world would seem black and white, like a coloring book that hasn’t been colored. Everything is “off”. There is noise, but nothing truly melodic. The person might feel “happy” at times, but never feels true joy.

When I go outdoors, I see God in every bright green leaf on the trees. I hear God in every bird singing in its boughs. I feel God in the breeze that rustles my hair. I smell God in the lilacs that bloom in the spring. God envelops me with his love, much like a mother envelops her child in an embrace. Colors are brighter and more vivid.

I think of the story of Saul on the road to Damascus, when he was blinded by the Lord. He hadn’t been a believer and had done horrible things to God’s followers. But God had plans for him…and when he was finally healed by Ananias, “straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales and he received his sight; and he arose and was baptized” (Acts 9:18). God gives us sight…and when you accept him and believe in him with all your heart, your sight becomes crystal clear.

"Be praised for all Your tenderness by these works of Your hands Suns that rise and rains that fall to bless and bring to life Your land Look down upon this winter wheat and be glad that You have made Blue for the sky and the color green." ~ "The Color Green" by Rich Mullins (A Liturgy, a Legacy, & A Ragamuffin Band, 1993)