The last two weeks have been really busy. I'm not entirely sure why they've been quite so hectic but the days have just gotten away from me. Work was fairly normal last week but a fair next to our house that made traffic a nightmare caused a fair bit of disturbance in my routine. (Pun intended.) Then a busy social schedule for the weekend caused me to put my blog post up late last week.
Sunday night while talking to my roommate I suddenly lost my voice. I spent three days at work unable to talk- which thankfully is not a requirement of my job for the most part and gave my coworkers something to really laugh about. Then I ended up working an extra shift before going to spend some time with family who was in from out of town. (Which is why this post is going up late for the second week in a row.)
After I went out to dinner with my aunt and uncle they asked if they could see my new house. We all drove back to my place and I started showing them around. When we got upstairs I went to show my aunt my room and I realized for the first time in weeks what a mess it is! She was very sweet about it and just said it was lived in but I could see in my mind what it should look like and the sight in front of me wasn't matching up.
I have presents from my recent birthday still sitting out instead of put away, clean laundry waiting to be folded in a basket, a few discarded shirts laying on an unmade spare bed, papers on the nightstand and books lying around. It may be a magazine photo compared to the room of a teenager but it's not how I normally keep it.
That got me thinking though. How often are we so used to seeing something that we don't really see it at all anymore? For instance, our own sin. That's why we need the Holy Spirit to convict us of sin. Or maybe it's people around us who may be hurting but we've gotten to used to ignoring them because they make us uncomfortable. Or just the majesty of God's creation. So today I'm wondering what sin, or hurt or amazing wonder have I become blind to because I take it for granted and I'm asking God to open my eyes. Want to join me?
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