I just realized how many sentences begin with the word “I”, both my own and everyone else’s.   As a Christian, I state that Jesus is my Lord and I turn my will and life over to Him daily….but I don’t.  Whenever I say “I can’t”, “I think”, “I will”, my “I” is driving the bus.    If I have “I”s in my eyes, I can’t see where I am going.

Every time I emphatically express my opinion on a subject, my “I” is in my eye.  Whenever I think I know more than another, I poke another “I” in my eye.  I’m good at pushing “I”‘s into my ears also.

In order to see clearly, I need to look through His eyes…His abilities.  Jesus told us the Holy Spirit would be our counsellor and He would lead us to all we need to know.   If I do not speak His words, think His thought, act upon His leadings, I am just a clanging cymbal or clanging brass…no one can hear me but me.

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