Idioms

It’s funny how our lives can suddenly get “turned upside down”. It’s as if someone “pulled the rug out from under us”. We may not know why it happens but they say it must happen for a reason; though we might not find out about that for a period of time. They say “change is good”, but what if bad comes out of it? Sure, we can choose our happiness, we can be responsible for it. But what about the times, when we’ve been hurt so deeply that it seems “forever and a lifetime” to heal? We can “let it go” but really, deep down, it still exists. It’s not always easy. Life goes on. People walk past “without an inkling” of what’s going on inside. I mean deep inside. We can “put up a facade” and pretend everything is “a-o.k.” because that’s what we’re supposed to do isn’t it? 

Have you seen hopelessness in someone’s eyes? Have you seen it in your child’s eyes? Im sure Jesus has. “Give me your eyes.” I love that song by Brandon Heath. I've posted it before on my other blog but I will post a part of it here as well:

All those people going somewhere

Why have I never cared?

 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 ones forgotten

 Give me your eyes so I can see

Well, I want a second glance

So give me a second chance

To see the way you've seen the people all along

I have seen hopelessnes--I have heard hopelessness--I may have "thought" I felt hopelessness--so now, what am I going to do about it? What are you going to do about it? What are we all going to do about it?