Divert my eyes from toys and trinkets,
invigorate me on the pilgrim way.
LUKE 11:34 (MSG)
Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live wide-eyed in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a musty cellar.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Where you focus your eyes affects the kind of person you become.
DAILY FODDER
How does one shift from focusing on the cheap and meaningless to the things that matter? How do we come to recognize what matters and is worthy of attention?
PRAYER
Light of the world, thank you for giving me eyes to see love's light. I know that in looking at the vanities of this world there is darkness. Sometimes I can hardly turn away. Enlighten me in mind, body, and soul. Keep me focused on your light. I pray that it will shine through all that I do. Amen. (Daily Texts, Ground Up Grace edition)
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.