Glasses

Being somebody that wears glasses I've often found people wanting to try on my glasses. I think part of it is because they want to see the world the way I see it, so to speak.

Isn't that what we are doing when we watch "E.T." or read "People" magazine? Don't we do it other places as well? What would it be like to be the cool kid at school? What would it look like to be the boss. As a runner I've often wondered what it felt like inside the body of the tops runners as they race. Can they just tolerate more pain or does it just not hurt as much as when I run?

Many in the Lutheran circles railed against the big W.W.J.D. movement a few years ago. Sure there were some theological flaws behind it, but in essence wasn't that what we were being encouraged to do through the movement? What would it be like to see the world through the eyes of Jesus? Would we feel compassion on a bully? Would we feel the pain of a homeless woman? Would we laugh more? Would we cry more?

Through whose eyes are you viewing the world?