Give me your eyes

Brandon Heath has a song called “Give me your eyes”

Give me your eyes for just one second

Give me your eyes so I can see

Everything that I keep missing

Give me your love for humanity

Give me your arms for the broken hearted

The ones that are far beyond my reach?

Give me your heart for the one's forgotten

Give me your eyes so I can see

I’ve prayed this over and over; I can’t help but look around.

Here’s what I see

Kids dying of lack of access to water, sanitation, & food

Orphans crying out for someone to love them

Children stolen from the villages to fight in a war that is not theirs

Haitians living by the tens of thousands in tent cities

Men acting like boys

Women acting like prostitutes

Fractured families & broken homes

Religious people in despair because they broke a rule

Prideful religious people turning away people

The lost seeking to escape further into the darkness

It greaves me

Down to the core

It greaves me

Before I had the stance of I am just one person, what can I do.

I closed my eyes.

I covered my ears.

Josh Wilson’s “I refuse” nails this:

I don't want to live like I don't care

I don't want to say another empty prayer

Oh, I refuse to sit around and wait for someone else

To do what God has called me to do myself

I could choose not to move

But I refuse

I’m just one person; all I can do is impact those lives near me and anyone who God puts in my path. I know the answer that can help them all.

Kids dying of lack of access to water, sanitation, & food

Generosity of the church to help those in need & knowing that, one day, all of their needs will be met (Revelation 21:4)

Orphans crying out for someone to love them

The love of the Father above (Matthew 19:14)

Children stolen from the villages to fight in a war that is not theirs

Redemption & healing for ALL though Christ (1 Timothy 2:3-5)

Haitians living by the tens of thousands in tent cities

Joy through suffering in Christ (Philippians 1:29)

Men acting like boys

Becoming Godly men with responsibility, compassion, humility, honesty, etc (Watch this)

Women acting like prostitutes

Becoming Godly women with faith, wisdom, strength, honor, etc (Watch this)

Fractured families & broken homes

Drawing the center of the home around the One who can never be broken (Colossians 3:17)

Religious people in despair because they broke a rule

Strength, knowing that salvation is an ongoing process that God does in us (Philippians 1:6)

Prideful religious people turning away people

Humility, knowing that salvation was done for you, not by works of yourself (Ephesians 2:8)

The lost seeking to escape further into the darkness

The light of the world (John 8:12)

This is the Gospel, that Christ is the answer for all things, but know that there are people who will speak against you. There are those who would imprison or kill you if you bring this message. There are people who will oppose you; they will be your enemy. Love them, pray that God would save them and let their hearts be melted by His love.

“The same sun that melts the ice hardens the clay.”

An old Puritan saying