give me your eyes...

i was recently listening to a song by artist brandon heath...the song is called "give me your eyes"
the words of the song...the message...hit home for me...

the song speaks of God giving man His eyes to look at the world; seeing in the Spirit...while this is a great spiritual lesson and challenge...it really got me thinking...

what if i were to take a step out from behind my glasses and look at the world through someone else's eyes? what if i considered others more and took a hard look at the world through their perspective?

this is hard for me to do partly because i believe everyone should be like me (insert laugh). i am of course joking...i would not want everyone to be like me...but as i dig into my thoughts (which could be a scary, crazy, neurotic, disorganized, roller coaster, a.d.d.-esque journey), i began to wonder what it would truly be like to walk in someone else's shoes...scary to think..right?

how would the world look through a homeless person's eyes? a prostitute or stripper? a single, low income woman? an illegal alien? the elderly? teenagers? a college student? a ceo? a fast food worker? mentally challenged? unchurched? unloved? outcast? abused?

the list can go on and on forever...

it's amazing to think that if we, especially as christians...would look at others as images of God...how much better this world would be...now, i am not excluding myself...i stumble...i pass up opportunities to display Christ's love...i am not always the best witness for Christ...but is anyone for that matter? no, and why? because we are human...just like everyone else...sometimes however...it is easier to excuse the human side in ourselves...but not in others...