Look Up November 23, 2015

To you I lift up my eyes,
    O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
Psalm 123:1 ESV 

Each morning I take Roxie for a walk.  Many times the sky is still dark, or the morning sun just beginning to rise.  All too often I view these walks as a chore.  Something to just get through.  However, on the mornings I remind myself to look up, I see the vastness of the stars or the beauty of the sunrise.  It is during these times I am reminded of the power and greatness of our Lord and Savior.


Looking down, I see the finite.  Looking up I see Eternity.
Looking down, I see decay.  Looking up I see Perfection.
Looking down, I see struggle.  Looking up I see Peace.
Looking down, I am weary.  Looking up I see Strength.
Looking down, I see confusion.  Looking up I see Clarity.

I have also come to realize that these times of "looking up" do not have to be outside.  I don't even have to move my head or eyes to look up.  It is as much a presence of mind, an attitude as it is a physical act.  My spirit should always cast its gaze toward heaven.  

If my eyes, heart, and mind are cast upward, there will I see the face of my Father.  It is there I find peace and rest.  Solutions and resolution.  Guidance and clarity.