What Is Lonnie's Room?

There is a room in our home to which I navigate more frequently than the others. It makes me feel secure, it is cozy, and it is quiet. From the peak of the room, there is a large rusty metal angel suspended by a very thin wire. It would apear as if the angel is hovering over me, protecting, and always present. The lighting in the room creates a virtual display of dancing shadows around the angel.

Every evening when I am in "MY ROOM", I think of what Luciano de Crescenzo once said, "We are all like one-winged angels. it is only when we help each other that we can fly."

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Heart - Seeing

This blog entry is not entirely a lonniesroom original.  The quote comes from the Thought For the Week in our morning bulletin, the verse being from Matthew 13:13, "They look but do not see."

"In our scientific age, we put great trust in hard evidence.  I want to see it!  The problem is that we don't often see what we're looking at.  I look at a person displaying ugly behavior, and I see an ugly person.  Why don't I see a beautiful person who is in pain and working it out through ugly behavior.  I hear someone's reputation being torn apart, and I see a reason for thinking better of myself.  Why don't I see my own insecurity that makes me want to believe the bad?    Until I see with my heart and not just appearances, I'm going to miss the reign of God."

I felt this was worth sharing because I have been working on this very subject in order to better understand family dynamics and grief outcomes. I have found that there are many reasons people act the way they do.  Once you take the time to listen and discover the reason, the person then appears differently.  It is all about Heart-Seeing.
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