In the collect for this third Sunday of Easter, are these words:
O God,
Your Son made himself known to his disciples
In the breaking of bread.
Open the eyes of our faith,
That we may see him in his redeeming work,
Who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever
Often although our eyes are open, we do not look hard or long enough to see everything that is there.
I was talking to a young teacher who told me she had never been able to understand mathematics, so understandably she had tried to avoid teaching it. The day came when she could no longer avoid the inevitable so she signed up to take part in a special math seminar. Her eyes were opened. She saw it all in a new way. Delightedly she kept saying “now it all makes sense”
Often our eyes of faith need to be opened to wider concepts or to little details we have not previously noticed. Even though we know better, have we been expecting from God the gift we want when he has far more wonderful things in mind for us? Do we fear his judgment when his arms are open wide to forgive us?
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