Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. When I met with the Master as He woke up the world this morning, everything about it seemed muted. From the sky to the colors to the sounds and if not for the cool breeze, there wasn’t a whole lot of “life” to feel at daybreak at all. My naked eyes focused on the fields around me and my focus was on the flaws and all the work that needs to be done to “perfect” my surroundings. But no matter what the morning or my surroundings look like with the naked eye, I KNOW that there’s immeasurable beauty when it’s looked the the eyes of the heart instead. What a sweet reminder from the Living God for me to look past what I see on the outside so that I can focus more on what’s “behind-the-scenes” in in everyone and everything I encounter today. Isn’t that your goal in life too?

It’s so easy for us to pass judgement or to make assumptions by what we see with the naked eye. From people, places or things, we’re quick to draw our own conclusions by what we see with the naked eye and we often dismiss anything else of value that is behind-the-scenes merely based on what we see. It’s for this reason that people get bullied and it’s for this reason that potentially precious friendships will never develop. It’s for this reason that suffering souls are left to their own demise and it’s for this reason many will be destined for hell. It’s for this reason that the glass of life is often considered half empty instead of half full, and it’s for this reason that the character of another can be destroyed by just a few words. It’s for this reason that lots of people give up on life in the midst of their darkest hours and it’s for this reason that beautiful old people, places and things are destroyed and replaced with new. But just like this muted morning in Virginia that has little appeal to the naked eye; there is more beauty behind-the-scenes of every living thing in this world than the mind can begin to comprehend…when we look with the eyes of the heart instead of the naked eyes.

If it weren’t so sad it would be comical to consider the critical ones and how they can’t seem to find the beauty in anything. They could rip apart Heaven if given the chance and there isn’t a human being that has ever been born that has the ability to measure up in their eyes. The critical ones could walk into a mansion and find it’s flaws and they’d send their meal back to the kitchen for improvement even in the finest restaurant in the world. No new day will ever meet with their approval…it will be too hot or too cold or too cloudy or there will be too many bugs in the air every single day of their lives. There’s always room for improvement in their eyes and the critical ones like to refer to themselves as “perfectionist”. But it isn’t perfection they look for at all. They zero in on the imperfection in this life and they see it as an opportunity to be heard. They’re driven by an unbridled determination to be the special one to point out all of the flaws in other people, places or things just to be sure that the world sees them too. I feel a little sorry for the critical ones but I run from them as fast as they can before they have the opportunity to make me feel bad about who I am or how I look or this old farm in Virginia that I love. I know that One Day they will meet Perfection face-to-face and when they do; they’ll fall to their knees just like the rest of us and they’ll finally be able to see their own Imperfections like never before.

This new day looked muted through my naked eyes but after a little time with the Master at daybreak, I know that there will be nothing ordinary or muted about the day at all. I’m looking for the beauty in everything and everyone around me and I’ll be putting blinders on my naked eyes if I’m inclined toward criticism. How about you? Does it bring you some sort of pleasure to point out the imperfections in people, places and things around you while you overlook your own flaws and do you brag about being a perfectionist as if that is something to be proud of? If so, reach out to me. I’ll introduce you to True Perfection and I’ll help you see how your own imperfections look like to Him and the price He paid for them all long before you met Him, and when I’m done with you; you’ll never brag about being a “perfectionist” again and you’ll be straining your naked eyes to look for the beauty in everyone and everything too!