With New Sight

My church back home has been focusing on stories of the resurrection since Easter, with the theme "With New Sight."These stories explore both the faith and doubt that comes with such a miraculous exclamation as "He is risen!" There is so much death and suffering in our broken world, but with the fulfilled promise of Christ's triumph over death, we find hope. Because we have not be left to die in sin, left to wallow in our miserable emptiness, but have been promised life eternal with God, our Father, we see things differently than we might otherwise. Christ's victory forces us to change how we look at ourselves, how we look at the world, and how we look at God.

With this in mind, they posed a photo challenge. When you look with the eyes of Christ, what do you see? When you look for the presence of Christ, where do you look?

I saw and felt and did so much in Guatemala and God has been teaching me a lot. But while I was there, there was one thing that constantly amazed me. While I'm still processing a lot of things, one thing was perfectly clear. I saw God in Guatemala. I saw Him in the smiling faces of children with broken bodies. I saw Him in the desperate looks of mothers who are out of options. I saw Him in villages, on rivers, in the mountains, in the dump. I saw Him in Carlos and all the Hope of Life staff caring for the widows and the orphans. Truly, my sight was changed.

Here is what I chose to submit:

"See you had no choice which day you would be bornOr the color of your skin, or what planet you’d be onWould your mind be strong, would your eyes be blue or brownWhether daddy would be rich, or if momma stuck around at all
So if you find yourself in a better placeYou can’t look down on the frown on the other guy’s faceYou gotta stoop down low, look Him square in the eyeAnd get a funny feeling, you just might be dealing with the face of Christ"
The Face of Christ - Chris Rice