"For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear."
Matthew 13:15-16
I think a lot of what is going on here (and in our lives as well) is how easy it is to become desensitised to the whisperings of the spirit, to the needs of other people, and to anything outside ourselves. It's hard to see the whole picture when we are focused on just a little part of it.
Today, let's pray and ask God to help us tune in to the Spirit, and listen to what is truly important. Sometimes we do need to focus on self-improvement and positive personal change, but often the Spirit wants us to pay attention to something external, to lift and help others, and to find ways to do good and make things better. Let's see, and hear, and understand as God speaks to us, and as the spirit influences us.
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